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Pashofa, or pishofa, is a Chickasaw and Choctaw soupy dish made from cracked white corn, also known as pearl hominy. [1] The dish is one of the most important to the Chickasaw people and has been served at ceremonial and social events for centuries. Pashofa is also used in specific healing ceremonies. [2]
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha IÌ yaakni) is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States.The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, including present-day northern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Kentucky, and western Tennessee. [1]
Janie Simms Hipp is an agriculture and food lawyer, policy expert, and the founder of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas, founder of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations in the Office of the Secretary, founding Executive Director of the Native American Agriculture Fund, .
The program will be funded with $14.7 million from the USDA, $1.9 million from the Muscogee Nation and $1 million from Hunger Free Oklahoma, a nonprofit focused on reducing food insecurity.
The Chickasaw Nation is launching a $6 million campaign to help rebuild downtown Sulphur while also helping Marietta reopen its emergency room.
In the United States from 2000-2010, twenty-five percent of indigenous folk reported that they consistently face food insecurity. [6] Additionally, American Indians and Alaskan Natives are the demographic groups that ranked highest in the categories of being “food insecure” and “very low food secure” in the nation from 2016 to 2021. [7]
The Chickasaw Nation purchased the company in 2000 and moved Bedré to a new, 26,000 square-foot factory in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, in 2003 where it remained until moving in 2013 to its current location in Davis, Oklahoma. [1] [2] [3] In October 2011, Bedré broke ground on the current 34,600 square-foot chocolate factory. [4]
Chickasaw.tv The online video network of the Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw Nation Industries (government contracting arm of the Chickasaw Nation) "Chickasaws: The Unconquerable People", a brief history by Greg O'Brien, Ph.D. Tishomingo; Pashofa recipe; Tanshpashofa recipe; Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Chickasaw