Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
59. What are Native American foodways, and how are they religious?
Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
Andrea McComb Sanchez [+]
University of Arizona
Andrea McComb Sanchez is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Arizona. Her work addresses Native American religious traditions, religion and the environment, religion and colonialism in North America, and religion in the American southwest.
Description
To answer this question I will set up a framework for conceptualizing Native American religious traditions that emphasizes the importance of and interconnection between Place, Sacred Narratives, Communities, Ceremony, Relationships, and Responsibility. I will then discuss how foodways are an integral part of this framework supporting interconnectivity. I will discuss shared characteristics while emphasizing the diversity of specific traditions and foodways.