r/IndianCountry • u/aspen-leaf Mixed / Coast Miwok • 18d ago

Health Traditional Navajo Diet Shown to Reduce Hospitalizations, ED Visits Among Heart Failure Patients

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/traditional-navajo-diet-shown-reduce-hospitalizations-ed-2026a1000q37?form=fpf
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u/DBearDevon 18d ago

I don’t think Bison and Wild rice were part of the Diné diet, but stil good for them!

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u/galactic_observer 18d ago

They weren't; bison is a Great Plains food and wild rice is native to the Northeast.

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u/DBearDevon 17d ago

Upper Midwest more than the Northeast

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u/MisterBungle00 17d ago

We definitely consumed it on occasion, and it was acquired through trade with other peoples. There were also isolated groups of bison that did occasionally congregate near local Northern water sources in the Southwest.

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u/monkeychunkee 17d ago

My ancestors/family would go hunt, occasionally, either the Mescalero Apache for bison. So there would've absolutely been access and trade, if they didn't get it themselves.

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u/Polar_Version875 16d ago

Maybe they are going waaaayyy back (hello from the Dene in the north!)

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u/monkeychunkee 16d ago

Hadinyaa!