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Siletz Indigenous Foods are important...
for our health!
for the land!
Elk, venison, salmon, and wild greens have more nutrition and are
higher quality than beef, chicken, pork, and spinach. Spinach is called
a “super food”, but nettles are richer in nutritional value.
Natural land supports many types of plants and animals living in balance.
Whereas, modern agriculture forces the land to produce only one type of
plant or animal. Today, native plants are replaced by foreign plants and
Natural Biodiversity
Spinach
vs.
Nettles
23
Calories
65
0.4g
Fat
0.7g
2.9g
Protein
5.5g
99mg
Calcium 481mg
for the climate!
Modern Agriculture
for our survival!
Most of the foods we eat today come from hundreds, sometimes
thousands of miles away. Which means our access to food is
dependent oil; dependent on foreign countries and labor; and
dependent on chemical treatment and synthetic fertilizers.
Our wild indigenous foods survive floods,
droughts and fire. Agriculture foods are
weaker and depend on humans to care for
and protect them. Today our population
is dependent on agriculture. We value our
cultural foods and knowledge our ances-
tors because their way of life has been
tested for thousands of years.
Almost all bananas in the
US are imported from
thousands of miles away.
Our ancestors lived
within walking distance
of their food. Today...
Willamette River 1996 Flood
Where does your food come from?
Backyard or Shipyard?
for our culture!
We practice our food culture everyday...and foreign and packaged
foods dominate our culture. Traditional foods are endangered and
we must practice our food culture if we are to protect our food
and ensure the health of our people.
Western Oregon used to be full
of edible wild plants, elk and deer.
Today, it is rare to see elk or deer
in the valley and native plants are
replaced by foreign plants.
for our future!
The Siletz Healthy Traditions project seeks to improve the health of Siletz
Tribal members through educational activities which promote the use of
traditional foods through hunting, gathering, gardening, cooking, food
preservation and protecting our natural resources.
Join the Healthy Traditions team!
For more information, see our Facebook page or contact Sharla Robinson,
Healthy Traditions at 541-444-9627 or sharlar@ctsi.nsn.us
for quality of life!
Our ancestors lived happy and healthy in our traditional ways. Today
we are happy and healthy when we continue these ways of life.
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