E93: Native Restaurateurs – LIVE from the Indigenous Foodways Festival

In this episode, I talk with Native chefs and restauranteurs about balancing successful business with staying true to culture, community and the Native American Food Movement. Recorded live from the first Indigenous Foodways Festival that took place at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico in June 2026. Guests: Johnny Ortiz-Concha (Taos Pueblo), chef and creator of the Shed in New Mexico, Alexa Numkena-Anderson (Hopi, Yakama, Cree and Skokomish), chef and owner of Javelina Indigenous Dinning in Portland, Tina Archuleta (Jemez Pueblo), chef and owner of Itality Plant Based Foods in Albuquerque, Elena Terry (Ho-Chunk), chef and founder of Wild Bearies and executive chef of the forthcoming restaurant, Tall Grass at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and Crystal Wahpepah (Kickapoo), chef and owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen in Oakland, California and author “A Feather and a Fork: 125 Intertribal dishes from an Indigenous Food Warrior.”