"Take care of your families, take care of one another": Indigenist families and foodways.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this research was to examine how families and foodways have evolved over time and how they may present promising promotive factors for resilience, health, and wellness.

Background

Because food is central to family, social relationships, and healthy living, Indigenist foodways may promote family resilience and offset inequities.

Method

Pragmatic horizon analysis of data drawn from 31 critical ethnographic interviews on food and family in the Southeast and Northwest, including both urban and rural reservation tribal contexts, resulted in emergent themes related to food and families.

Results

Themes included (a) foodways fostering family connectedness: "The fresh vegetable is how I remember my grandpa"; (b) tight-knit extended families and

SUBMITTER: McKinley CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10782928 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature