Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Ashleigh Thompson (Archaeology Southwest) presented "More than Subsistence: How Anishinaabe Traditional Foodways Nourish Culture, Kinship, and Community Wellbeing" at The Loft Cinema and on Zoom. Her talk discussed how, across Indigenous country, Native people are revitalizing their traditional foods. Ashleigh explores the importance of traditional foods to her community–the Red Lake Ojibwe–and learns why these traditions are significant to culture, kinship, and community wellbeing.
This presentation was a part of Archaeology Southwest's Archaeology Café series. This eight-part series, from October to May, every first Tuesday at 6 pm (MST), is an informal forum that brings lifelong learners together with experts.
This 2023-2024 season is entitled Nourishing Body, Soul, and Earth: Traditional Foods and Foodways.
Savor recent developments in the understanding and practice of North America's Traditional Foods and Foodways at the 2023–2024 season of Archaeology Café. From archaeological evidence of culinary practices to modern-day farming and food sovereignty, there will be something for every palate!
A wide variety of experts, from zooarchaeologists to Indigenous dry-farmers, will fill your hungry minds with the latest on the past, present, and future of culinary heritage. Come ready to pile your plate high with new knowledge about the social and ecological life of food, from production to preparation to consumption.
Join us at the Archaeology Café "table" on the first Tuesday of each month from October through May. All presentations will take place on Zoom, and we have three hybrid events lined up—the December, January, and February meetings—which will be concurrently hosted at the iconic The Loft Cinema in Tucson.
Pull up a chair! We'll see you there!
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Ashleigh Thompson (Archaeology Southwest) presented "More than Subsistence: How Anishinaabe Traditional Foodways Nourish Culture, Kinship, and Community Wellbeing" at The Loft Cinema and on Zoom. Her talk discussed how, across Indigenous country, Native people are revitalizing their traditional foods. Ashleigh explores the importance of traditional foods to her community–the Red Lake Ojibwe–and learns why these traditions are significant to culture, kinship, and community wellbeing.
This presentation was a part of Archaeology Southwest's Archaeology Café series. This eight-part series, from October to May, every first Tuesday at 6 pm (MST), is an informal forum that brings lifelong learners together with experts.
This 2023-2024 season is entitled Nourishing Body, Soul, and Earth: Traditional Foods and Foodways.
Savor recent developments in the understanding and practice of North America's Traditional Foods and Foodways at the 2023–2024 season of Archaeology Café. From archaeological evidence of culinary practices to modern-day farming and food sovereignty, there will be something for every palate!
A wide variety of experts, from zooarchaeologists to Indigenous dry-farmers, will fill your hungry minds with the latest on the past, present, and future of culinary heritage. Come ready to pile your plate high with new knowledge about the social and ecological life of food, from production to preparation to consumption.
Join us at the Archaeology Café "table" on the first Tuesday of each month from October through May. All presentations will take place on Zoom, and we have three hybrid events lined up—the December, January, and February meetings—which will be concurrently hosted at the iconic The Loft Cinema in Tucson.
Pull up a chair! We'll see you there!
