Posts Tagged ‘Native American Health Center’
‘Culture is healing’: Native American Health Center celebrates 50 years in Bay Area
Charlene Harrison hadn’t danced at a powwow in 10 years. But on Saturday, the site director at Oakland’s Native American Health Center wore her jingle dress, stepped into the grass circle at Merritt College, and danced alongside family members underneath a burning sun. “I’m a third-generation powwower,” said Harrison, who is Pomo, Paiute and Navajo.…
Read MoreNative American chef shares cultural cuisine with Bay Area
Oakland chef Crystal Wahpepah specializes in traditional Native American cuisine, which is otherwise a rarity in the Bay Area food scene.
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