Humanities Lab-Connecting Culture to Food: Home

Native American and Indigenous communities are largely influenced by their environment- temperature, water, vegetation and animals which influences the cultural wear of these people. 

Native Americans and Indigenous communities come from diverse regions- tropical, desert, woodland, mountains to the arctic and each community has a specialized attire to live in these areas and the designs can come from stories of their creation story, emulate the land, familial meaning and so many other stories. 

Trading goods was a significant aspect when it came to clothing and diversifying resources for example: the desert people could trade for items not attainable in their region with people near the sea. 

We plan to center ancestral food heritage through oral story and using those teachings to create culturally relevant attire.