Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Recipe: How to make Slow Cooker Navajo Steamed Corn Stew. Navajo steamed corn stew with mutton and zucchini made by Denee Bex, a Diné gardener living in Fort Defiance, Arizona. ... juniper ash ...
She specializes on environmental uranium and arsenic contamination and how they effect the food chain and water supplies of the Navajo nation. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] She also researches traditional Navajo food ingredients and their health benefits, for example juniper ash as a calcium source. [ 7 ]
Indigenous artisans in Arizona are reviving Native foodways with local ingredients. Here's where to shop for blue corn, cactus hot sauce and more.
Juniper ash has also been historically consumed as a source of calcium by the Navajo people. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Juniper is traditionally used in Scottish folkloric and Gaelic Polytheist saining rites, such as those performed at Hogmanay ( New Year ), where the smoke of burning juniper, accompanied by traditional prayers and other customary rites, is ...
Juniper, Juniperus monosperma, ashes provide brown and yellow dyes for Navajo people, [31] as do the hulls of wild walnuts (Juglans major). [50] Khaki , which translates a Hindustani word signifying "soil-colored", was introduced into British uniforms in India, which were dyed locally with a dye prepared from the native mazari palm Nannorrhops .
Juniperus ashei (Ashe juniper, mountain cedar, blueberry juniper, post cedar, or just cedar) is a drought-tolerant evergreen tree, native from northeastern Mexico and the south-central United States to southern Missouri. The largest areas are in central Texas, where extensive stands occur.
The Navajo sweep their tracks with boughs from the trees so death will not follow them. [9] A small quantity of ripe berries can be eaten as an emergency food or as a sage-like seasoning for meat. The dried berries can be roasted and ground into a coffee substitute. [10] Utah juniper is an aromatic plant.
Thelesperma subnudum, commonly known as Navajo tea, [2] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found from west central Canada to central United States. It is found from west central Canada to central United States.