NATIFS “Indigenize Your Kitchen” Holiday Gift Boxes Available Starting October 12

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) has relaunched its Indigenous Food Lab Market (IFL Market), an online shop offering an expanded selection of high-quality Indigenous foods and products, including maple syrups, fruit syrups, sauces, pantry staples, traditional Indigenous ingredients and Chef Sherman’s cookbooks, as well as a new collection of holiday gift boxes. 

Owned and operated by NATIFS, the Indigenous Food Lab Market works to broaden access to Native-made goods, provide consumers with opportunities to experience contemporary Indigenous food offerings and empower Indigenous entrepreneurs to reach new audiences.

“Supporting Indigenous food producers means more than purchasing a product — it means helping create a marketplace where Native entrepreneurs can build their businesses, share their foods and reach consumers who may not otherwise have access to them. The Indigenous Food Lab Market gives producers a place to connect directly with customers and helps us build greater access to Indigenous foods and foodways.”  Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota chef and co-founder of NATIFS and the Indigenous restaurant Indígena by Owamni 

Just in time for the holiday season, NATIFS is bringing back gift boxes, available beginning October 12 through the IFL Market online, and in person at Indígena by Owamni (in the Guthrie). The collection features multiple boxes showcasing Indigenous foods and products from a range of Native producers and makers. Options include pantry staples, snacks, specialty foods, Indigenous foodways resources and three versions of the popular “Indigenize Your Kitchen” gift boxes. The boxes combine Indigenous pantry staples and specialty products, including:

• Red Lake Fruit Jam
• Ramona Farms Tepary Beans
• Native Wise Maple Syrup
• Leech Lake Hand Harvested Wild Rice
• The Warrior Blends Spice Rub
• Blue Corn Custom Designs Juniper Ash
• IFL Market Blue Cornmeal
• Sakari Farms Blueberry Tea
• Barnacle Spruce Tip Jelly

Indigenize Your Kitchen gift boxes start at $129.95. Boxes that include signed copies of Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America are $174.95, or with The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen are $164.95.

Other gift boxes include:

Indigenize Your Snack $35.95 featuring an assortment of Indigenous-made snacks and treats:

• 3 Cricketeers Caramel Cricket Crunch
• Chuza Nopal or Strawberry (randomly selected)
• Bedré Dark Chocolate Pecan Bark
• Barnacle Kelp Bar
• Pemmican Patty Food Protein Bars

Tanka Snack Box $79.95 featuring a selection of savory and sweet Indigenous food products:

• Barnacle Salmon Caviar
• Bedré Espresso Chocolate Beans
• 3 Cricketeers Cricket Toffee
• Tootsies Tea
• The Warrior Blends Mushroom Salt

Select items are also available in-person at NATIFS Kitchen in the Midtown Global Market, Monday-Friday, between 10:00a-4:00p, including:

• Fresh Tortillas: $7.99 for 1 dozen | $13.99 for 2 dozen
• Masa: $2.99/lb
• Hominy: $7.00/qt
• Wild Rice:

- Select Hand-Harvested: $19.50 for 1/2 lb | $32.50 for 1 lb
- Sa'be Rice: $14.00 for 1/2 lb | $24.00 for 1 lb