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Title
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Choctaw Food, Remembering the Land Rekindling Ancient Knowledge, second edition
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Date
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2025
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Bibliographic Citation
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Thompson, Ian. 2025. Choctaw Food, Remembering the Land Rekindling Ancient Knowledge, second edition, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant.
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This book presents Indigenous Choctaw culture through traditional food. It traces:
o Using archaeology, oral history, Choctaw place names, and other sources, it follows the Choctaw community through the annual seasonal round ca. 1700. Moundville features prominently in this account due to its lasting contributions to Choctaw history, traditional culture, and food
o Using the Choctaw calendar, follows the community through the seasonal round ca. 1700
o Presents the most significant ingredients for Indigenous Choctaw food
o Discusses traditional preparation implements
o Presents 90 Choctaw traditional food recipes
o Draws insight from the indigenous Choctaw relationship with he land that have potential to improve quality of life in the 21st century
o Presents Choctaw names for over 300 plant species, along with cultural notes.
Assessment for CRM Use / Archaeological Utility:
• The article provides no new archaeological data but through reckoning cultural affiliation through the traditional Choctaw method, interprets Moundville history from the perspective of a living descendant community,
Data Presentation / Decolonizing Commentary:
• The book incorporates Choctaw language and literal English translations throughout.
• Biases and omissions: This work is written from a Choctaw Indigenous Research perspective