Celebrated Indigenous chef joins food lab

Minneapolis non-profit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) and its co-founder Chef Sean Sherman are hosting Navajo chef and author Freddie J. Bitsoie as the inaugural chef-in-residence at the Indigenous Food Lab by NATIFS in Minneapolis. Bitsoie, previously executive chef for the Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the National Museum of the American Indian, is author of a new cookbook, "New Native Kitchen," which explores Indigenous cuisine in modern form.
Bitsoie will consult with NATIFS and the Indigenous Food Lab through October 2023 to help further the non–profit’s mission to promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access to help develop and grow Indigenous food-based businesses. He will also contribute valuable knowledge to the NATIFS library of training and cooking videos.
NATIFS has opened The Indigenous Food Lab in the Midtown Global Market on historic Lake Street in Minneapolis. For more, visit www.natifs.org.