Originally aired on YPR’s Flavors Under the Big Sky
Mariah Gladstone shares the knowledge and love of her Native foods through Indigikitchen.
She started the online resource with recipes and digital media to foster an appreciation and love of traditional Native foods. Gladstone grew up in northwest Montana in Kalispell and spent summers on the Blackfeet reservation near Babb, where she now lives full time. After graduating from Columbia University with a degree in Environmental Engineering she returned home to discover her true passion with food and started Indigikitchen.
“My mom definitely taught me to cook, and was, in part, taking an early childhood education class that taught her that kids that grow up cooking learned fractions,” Gladstone said…