E88: Heart Rations

Toasted Sister Podcast

The “Heart Rations: Indigenous Food Poetry” zine is out (has been out)! It’s a collection of poems about… you guessed it… Indigenous food. In this episode, I talk with a couple of folks whose work appears in the zine; Cliff Taylor (Ponca Tribe of Nebraska) poet, author and creator of “The Ponca Poet’s Podcast,” Rebecca Kinkade-Black (Diné), Albuquerque book seller, and Vicente Telles, an artist from the South Valley of Albuquerque. Other authors in the zine: Teresa Peterson (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota/citizen of the Upper Sioux Community) Bryce Stevenson (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) Esper Rodriquez-Gaspardi (Chichimeca Mexican) Gabe Tegoseak (Iñupiaq) Geremy Clarion (Suqpiat American from the Native Village of Ouzinkie) Tina Deschenie (Diné and Tewa Hopi) MKirby-Nectar Nomad (Tortuga Pueblo and Mestiza) Alice Qannik Glenn (Iñupiaq) Venaya Yazzie (Diné) Nobian Henan (Shoshone, Cherokee and Diné) Other artists in the zine: Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Nation) Coen LaFever (Navajo, Santa Clara Pueblo and Northern Cheyenne)