Nutrition and Food Access
Nutrition-related chronic disease (diabetes, cancer, and heart disease) impacts many and can be prevented through living a healthy lifestyle including physical activity and proper nutrition. In an ever-changing world with a complicated food supply, nutritional knowledge is more important than ever to support healthy behavior change. The ITCM has initiated this compendium of culturally appropriate materials to increase both the knowledge and the consumption of healthy traditional foods to prevent disease and to achieve improved health.
Resources
The USDA Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) provides food to income-eligible Native American families. Below is a list of FDPIR locations in Michigan.
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
2608 Government Center Drive
Manistee, MI 49660
Ken LaHaye, Director of Food Distribution
231-398-6715
kenlahaye@lrboi-nsn.gov
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
824 Charlevoix Avenue
Petoskey, MI 49770
Joe VanAlstine, FDPIR Program Specialist
231-242-1620
jvanalstine@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
58620 Sink Road
Dowagiac, MI 49047
David Halquist, Jr., FDPIR Supervisor
888-281-1111
david.halquist.jr@pokagonband-nsn.gov
Bay Mills Indian Community
12497 W. Lakeshore Drive
Brimley, MI 49715
Kristine Schwiderson, FDPIR Director
906-248-2528
kschwiderson@baymills.org
Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
3601 S. Mackinac Trail
Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
Tony Nertoli, FDPIR Director
906-635-6076
anertoli@saulttribe.net
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
16613 Skanee Road
L’Anse, MI 49946
Darren Webb, FDPIR Director
906-524-7340
dwebb@kbic-nsn.gov
- MSU Extension and tribal partners highlight Indigenous foods through Cooking Matters program
- Food Sovereignty: Clancy Harrison on Topic of Food Insecurity
- Cookbooks
- The Sioux Chef Mission is committed to revitalizing Native American cuisine and reclaiming an important culinary culture long buried and often inaccessible.
- Eating with the Seasons – Anishinaabeg Great Lakes Region – Derek Nicholas