Diet Culture Dropout

61. Indigenous Foods and Diet Culture with Deyowidron’t

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In the world of diet culture conversations, a particular perspective has been underrepresented is the Indigenous viewpoint.

Joined today on the podcast is Deyowidron’t. A Haudenosaunee woman from Six Nations of the Grand River. Sharing her knowledgeable on the perspective of Indigenous foods and diet culture.


The conversation covers:

  • The cultural importance of food for Indigenous communities
  • Deyowidron’t 's backstory of the journey into the field of
    • dietetics
  • Explore the intersections of diet culture for traditional land owners and how it is so layered
  • Unpack how Eurocentric diets have impacted Indigenous people and communities
  • Understand how her community thrived during COVID when managing the unreliable food systems
  • Review the relationship of water to food systems
  • Deyowidron’t shares insights on providing traditional foods in healthcare facilities and larger systems and structures
  • Lastly, she shares the importance of involving kids and getting them connected to the land to foster cultural preservation.


    • Connect with Deyowidron’t Teri Morrow, RD MA

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