End of the Year Celebration

The time has come to announce that the end of the DDP implementation phase is coming soon. On March 24, 2013 we will celebrate our 1 year DDP aniversary! It hardly seems possible. We, the staff of the DDP, would like to invite all of the research subjects and 1 guest each to attend the celebration which will be held in the Whitman Commons just down the hall from the Center for Native American Studies. The celebration will begin at 1pm and run until 4pm. The best part is we are doing the cooking for you! All we ask is that you RSVP by calling the Center at (906) 227-1397 and let us know if you are coming and who your guest will be.

Indigenous Foods Cook-Off at NMU

MARQUETTE, Mich.—An Indigenous Foods Cook-Off will be held on Saturday, March 16, at Northern Michigan University’s Jacobetti Complex. Teams will prepare an entrée, side dish and dessert from a mystery basket of Indigenous food ingredients. The event is hosted by the NMU Center for Native American Studies and the hospitality management program. Participants in the Decolonizing Diet Project—a year-long study of the relationship between humans and foods of the Great Lakes Region—will team up with staff, students and community members for the competition.

Food preparation will begin at 1 p.m. in the Jacobetti Complex kitchen. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. in Chez Nous restaurant. Guest judges will include chefs Mark Bzdok and Chris Kibit, along with retired NMU professor Mohey Mowafy. The judging criteria will include points for taste, presentation and creativity. Prizes will be awarded in two categories: audience choice and judges’ choice.

Limited audience seating is available for dinner on a first come, first serve basis by calling 906-227-1397. Tickets are $10 and must be purchased in advance at the Center for Native American Studies in Whitman Hall. Audience members should arrive by 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Martin Reinhardt at mreinhar@nmu.edu or call (906) 227-1397.

 

DDP February Potluck

A DDP potluck will be held at the old McDonald Elementary School (Marty and Tina's school) at KI Sawyer on Saturday, February 23rd from 5-7pm. The DDP will supply some bison stew, and Marty and Tina will provide some pumpkin corn bread and sweet water. Please post on the DDP Facebook site if you will be bringing some DDP eligible food to the potluck. Don't forget to RSVP for the Indigenous Foods Cook-Off by this friday at 5pm if you are a DDP research subject and want to compete. After that, it will be opened up to staff, students, family, and community members.

January 19th Harvesting and Potluck

Attention DDPers! We will be meeting at Marty and Tina's school (530 Mitchell, Gwinn, MI) to go out harvesting white pine and winter green on Saturday, January 19th at 1pm if anyone is interested. There is plenty of winter green on the school property and we will see if we can locate some white pines close by. The potluck will be at 5pm. Come on by for the potluck even if you can't make the harvesting. Marty and Tina will make pumpkin corn bread and some DDP chili.

DDP Health Check Up Reminder and Free Clinic

Don't forget to get your DDP check up for this quarter. We are holding the free DDP Health Check Clinic for DDP research subjects only this week Tuesday and Wednesday from 7-10am. The blood work will be done in West Science, but the non-blood measures will be done in Whitman 142. It is recommended that research subjects get their blood work done first and then come over to Whitman to get their non-blood measures afterward. Don't forget that you need to fast for 12 hours prior to your blood work.

Quarterly Health Check Reminder

Don't forget to schedule your quarterly DDP health checks for December! We will be working with the NMU Clinical Science and the Exercise Science Lab to set up another free DDP health clinic this month, and will announce the dates and times soon. As always, please have your results sent to Dr. Martin Reinhardt at the Center for Native American Studies or drop a copy by as soon as you can.

DDP Pot Luck and Winter Solstice Celebration

Attention DDP Research Subjects: A DDP potluck and winter solstice celebration is scheduled for Sunday, December 9th from 1-4pm at the Old McDonald Elementary School at KI Sawyer (Marty and Tina's school). We plan to eat around 1pm and then sit around and enjoy sunbutter cookies, and warm pumpkin seed milk as we share stories and memories. The school address is 530 Mitchell St., Gwinn, MI 49841. Bison roast will and sweet water will be provided. Please post on Facebook what you plan to bring if you are going to plan on being there. DDP door prizes will be awarded!

Items for Original Group of DDP Research Subjects

A reminder to the original group of DDP research subjects who began the diet on March 25, 2012. Please stop by the Center for Native American Studies this week from 8:30am - 4pm Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday to claim the items you have earned for sticking with the DDP since the beginning. Items include bison meat, wild rice, and maple sugar or cream. If you don not get them this week, you will have to schedule an appointment to pick them up at a later date.