We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
The Montana Library Network (MLN) is hosting a Virtual Program Series in 2022. One of the programs in that series is coming to the Harlem Public Library on Friday, May 20. From 6:30-8:00 p.m., the MLF will present Indigikitchen Cooking Demo with Mariah Gladstone. Everyone is welcome to attend through Zoom.
This programming series is not only for the benefit of Montanans, who will learn about topics of interest, but also for public libraries to gain experience with virtual programming facilitation in their communities.
Registration is free but required. Interested individuals are asked to register at tinyurl.com/indigikitchen to receive the Zoom link and access instructions via email.
Growing up in Northwest Montana on and near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Mariah Gladstone is Piikuni (Blackfeet) and Tsalagi (Cherokee). She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Environmental Engineering and returned home where she began her work on food advocacy. She developed Indigikitchen, an online cooking platform, to revitalize and re-imagine Native foods.
Gladstone's cooking demonstration will include a history of Indigenous food systems as well as explore the relationship between cultural identity, health, and native plants. She'll discuss the current Indigenous food movement and how the ingredients native to this continent can be incorporated into today's meal planning and preparation.
Named a "Champion for Change" by the Center for Native American Youth, Gladstone is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader and an MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellow. In 2021, she completed her graduate degree at SUNY-ESF in the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, appeared on the Today Show for their Thanksgiving Episode, and was named a Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow by the First Nations Development Institute.
This programming is made possible by funding provided through the American Rescue Plan grants program and the Institute of Museum and Library Resources.
