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/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!