Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Native
Reservations
By: Leora Ammerman, Brooke Peterman, Emma Shneidman, Cate Waggoner
Driving Question:
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What is Food Insecurity?
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First Hand Account of Food Insecurity
“Yes, I have experienced food insecurity. It is always been a daily
thing for my whole life. MY family struggles with bills and we
rarely have extra money to buy more food. So instead, we buy food
that we know can eat for days on end. Usually a bag of potatoes
and ground meat or bologna with ham. The impact it made on my
life is I will always wonder if I have food to eat and since I have a
little sister. I will always have to make sure she eats enough. Even
if I have to give her a share of my food” -student from To’hajiilee
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Product:
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So
What?
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So What?
● Native culture needs to be preserved
● Food has always been a central part of native
american culture
● People need to be aware of the effects of food
insecurity
● The health of natives is not as strong as it used to
be and the risks for diabetes and heart disease are
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What we would have done differently
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Works Cited:
● Fila, Stephanie A. “Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to healthy eating behaviors in
urban Native American youth.” The National Center for Biotechnology Information, 30 May
2006.
● Paradilla, Marla. “High Levels of Household Food Insecurity on the Navajo Nation.” Public
Health Nutrition, 1 Feb. 2013,
www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/666693A82A08
2A0ED556D947A7993EFA/S1368980012005630a.pdf/high_levels_of_household_food_
insecurity_on_the_navajo_nation.pdf.
● Park, Sunmin. “Native American Foods: History, Culture, and Influence on Modern Diets.”
NeuroImage, Academic Press, 12 Aug. 2016,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352618116300750.
● Salvatore, Alicia L. “Addressing food insecurity in a Native American reservation using
community-based participatory research.” The National Center for Biotechnology
Information, 11 Oct 2011, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719163/
● “What Is Food Insecurity in America?” Hunger and Health, Feeding America,
hungerandhealth.feedingamerica.org/understand-food-insecurity/ .
● “Nutrition a Pressing Concern for American Indians.” Food Safety News, 5 Mar. 2012,
www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/03/nutrition-a-pressing-concern-for-american-indians
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Work Cited Continued:
● Bodirsky, et al. “Decolonizing Diet: Healing by Reclaiming Traditional Indigenous Foodways – Cuizine.”
Érudit, Association Canadienne D'Ethnologie Et De Folklore, 17 Nov. 2008,
www.erudit.org/en/journals/cuizine/2008-v1-n1-cuizine2503/019373ar/.
● Goetz, Gretchen. “Nutrition a Pressing Concern for American Indians.” Food Safety News, Marler Clark,
5 Mar. 2012, www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/03/nutrition-a-pressing-concern-for-american-indians/.
● Jernigan, et al. “Addressing Food Insecurity in a Native American Reservation Using Community-Based
Participatory Research.” OUP Academic, Oxford University Press, 11 Oct. 2011,
academic.oup.com/her/article/27/4/645/590960.
● Montgomery, Derek. “Native American Cuisine Returns to Its Roots.” National Geographic, National
Geographic, 23 Nov. 2016,
www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/11/native-american-cuisine-re
turns-to-its-roots/.
● Vernon, Rachel V. “A Native Perspective: Food Is More Than Consumption.” Journal of Agriculture, Food
Systems, and Community Development, www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/377.
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