"It's Always About Sharing, and Caring, and Loving, and Giving": Decolonized and Transcendent Indigenist Foodways Fostering Health and Resilience.

ABSTRACT: Centuries of historical oppression have targeted and undermined Indigenous foodways, which fundamentally disrupts the culture and wellness, yet decolonized, resilient, and transcendent Indigenist practices persist. The purpose of this research was to use the framework of historical oppression, resilience, and transcendence (FHORT) to understand foodway practices among Indigenous Peoples. Given a limited understanding of how foodways may promote health and wellness the focal research questions for this critical ethnographic inquiry were: (a) How do participants describe Indigenist foodways? (b) How do Indigenist foodways reflect decolonized values and practices? and (c) How may Indigenist foodways be promotive for health and wellness? Data were drawn from 31 participants across a rural, res

SUBMITTER: McKinley CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153538 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature