Taelor Barton (Cherokee Nation) is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and has studied Culinary Arts at OSU-IT and Tulsa Tech. She has worked in kitchens and private caterings for over a decade, serving up Tulsa local and fresh cuisine, with a background in indigenous cultural foods. Her passion is furthering Indigenous Food Sovereignty movement and bringing awareness and preservation of Cherokee and native cultures.
@madskillsbarton
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Kirsten Kirby-Shoote is a Tlingit food activist, urban farmer and pop-up chef originally from Portland, Ore. In 2015, she moved to Detroit in order to explore Indigenous food sovereignty and it's integration into urban landscapes. Kirsten is dedicated to providing the community with access to traditional foods/medicines, her agriculture project (Leilú Gardens) has the mission to cultivate relationships with our plant relatives and help heal the wounds of ancestral trauma. She also hosts pop-up dinners in Detroit to raise awareness of the local Indigenous food-movement and creating a more equitable food system.
@leilugardens @_challahgram
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The I-Collective strives to open a dialogue and create a new narrative that highlights not only historical Indigenous contributions, but also promotes their community's resilience and innovations in gastronomy, agriculture, the arts, and society at large.
