Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This episode features an interview with Sean Sherman, an award-winning Lakota chef and cookbook author based in the Twin Cities. Sean is the founder and CEO of The Sioux Chef, a company devoted to Indigenous foods, and co-founder of the nonprofit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems. In this conversation, Rebecca and Sean talk about Native American cuisine, making Native foods accessible, and Sean’s and his partner Dana Thompson’s new Minneapolis restaurant, Owamni by The Sioux Chef.
EPISODE RESOURCES
The Sioux Chef: sioux-chef.com
Owamni restaurant: owamni.com
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen cookbook: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-sioux-chef
Celebrating Indigenous Women Chefs cooking demonstrations: https://hfhl.umn.edu/events/indigenouschefs
I-Collective: icollectiveinc.org
Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance: nativefoodalliance.org
UNDERSTAND NATIVE MINNESOTA
Learn more about the campaign: understandnativemn.org
Follow the campaign on Instagram at instagram.com/NativeMNFacts and Twitter at twitter.com/NativeMNFacts
Song: Buffalo Moon by Brulé
This episode features an interview with Sean Sherman, an award-winning Lakota chef and cookbook author based in the Twin Cities. Sean is the founder and CEO of The Sioux Chef, a company devoted to Indigenous foods, and co-founder of the nonprofit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems. In this conversation, Rebecca and Sean talk about Native American cuisine, making Native foods accessible, and Sean’s and his partner Dana Thompson’s new Minneapolis restaurant, Owamni by The Sioux Chef.
EPISODE RESOURCES
The Sioux Chef: sioux-chef.com
Owamni restaurant: owamni.com
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen cookbook: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-sioux-chef
Celebrating Indigenous Women Chefs cooking demonstrations: https://hfhl.umn.edu/events/indigenouschefs
I-Collective: icollectiveinc.org
Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance: nativefoodalliance.org
UNDERSTAND NATIVE MINNESOTA
Learn more about the campaign: understandnativemn.org
Follow the campaign on Instagram at instagram.com/NativeMNFacts and Twitter at twitter.com/NativeMNFacts
Song: Buffalo Moon by Brulé
