Document Type

Other

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Series Number

ESS 107

Pages

34

Description

Traditional food preservation methods have continued to be used among Native American tribes and communities in South Dakota. Elders teach youth about the traditional practice of sun-drying corn and wild berries through the hands-on process of working together with family. Buffalo meat was also traditionally sun-dried; this practice is now more commonly done through the use of a food dehydrator. Jerky or bapa (dried buffalo meat used in soups and stews) and sun-dried corn and wild berries are a healthy food which has traditionally provided sustenance to the Native American diet.

Publisher

SDSU Cooperative Extension Service

Type

text

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