Wea Indian Tribe

06/08/2026

05/31/2026

05/31/2026

Chef Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota chef and founder of Owamni in Minneapolis, has sparked conversation for a powerful choice: he refuses to serve fry bread at his Native restaurant.

For many people, fry bread feels deeply connected to Native gatherings, powwows, family meals, and community traditions. But Sherman wants you to understand where it came from. Fry bread was not part of pre-colonial Native cuisine. It was born from survival, made with government ration ingredients like white flour, sugar, salt, and lard after Native communities were forced from their lands.

Sherman’s work asks you to look beyond the foods created by colonization and see the depth of Indigenous food traditions that existed long before it. At Owamni, his menu centers Native North American ingredients such as corn, beans, squash, wild rice, berries, fish, seeds, bison, and native plants.

His choice does not dismiss what fry bread means to Native families today. For many, it still carries memories of home, strength, and community. But Sherman’s mission is to bring attention back to older foodways rooted in land, season, culture, and Native knowledge.

His message is clear: Native cuisine is far older and richer than the foods forced onto Native people. Fry bread tells a story of survival. Sherman’s restaurant tells a story of return.

12/27/2025

The Owl Who Carries the Winter Sky

She moves through silence
as if it were taught to her by stars.

White wings open like old stories,
marked with red and shadow—
the language of night,
the memory of snow.

Her eyes hold the calm of ancestors
who learned to see
without chasing the light.

She flies not to escape the dark,
but to understand it.

Below her, the world sleeps.
Above her, the moon listens.

This is the owl’s wisdom:
truth does not shout,
guidance does not hurry,
and those who walk with patience
will always find their way
through the longest night.

12/24/2025

12/17/2025

After more than 120 years, California's Yurok Tribe has successfully regained control of their ancestral lands 🌲.

The tribe has secured nearly 47,000 acres along the Klamath River, a monumental victory in the fight for land restoration.

This reclaimed land, once devastated by industrial logging, holds deep cultural and environmental value for the tribe.

The tribe plans to restore the land through traditional practices, aiming to protect and revive vital salmon habitats 🐟.

With a $56 million investment backing the effort, this return of land is not only a victory for the Yurok people but also for environmental sustainability.

The tribe’s efforts stand as a powerful example of the resilience of Indigenous communities and the importance of land stewardship for future generations.

12/10/2025

🇲🇽🐂 They’re home again! After 160 years, the mighty bison return to Mexican soil.

In the late 1800s, the iconic bison vanished from Mexico — driven out by over-hunting and a loss of grasslands. American bison had once roamed across Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Durango. 

But now, in a major conservation breakthrough, they’re back at the 4,000-hectare El Santuario Reserve in Coahuila — 44 bison (38 females, 6 males) were released as part of a 25-year plan to restore grasslands and ecosystems. 

Why this matters:
🌿 They help regenerate damaged soils
💧 They improve rain-water absorption in arid land
🌾 They restore the native grasslands of Northern Mexico
🦅 They enable other wildlife to return and flourish

Every step forward helps heal a landscape that has waited generations for this kind of revival. This isn’t just about re-introducing an animal. It’s about reclaiming a piece of Mexico’s natural identity and giving voice to the lands, peoples and ecosystems that have long been ignored.

🇲🇽✨ A true story of resilience and restoration — for nature, for culture, for Mexico.