The Gwich'in and their Traditional Foods

In recent decades Indigenous Peoples globally have experienced rapid and dramatic shifts in lifestyle that are unprecedented in history. Moving away from their own self-sustaining, local food systems into industrially derived food supplies, these changes have adverse effects on dietary quality and health.

The Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE) based in McGill University, Canada, responded to requests from indigenous leaders from around the world to help stop loss of traditional food system knowledge with research and community-driven activities that bridge the generations.

This series of videos presents highlights from 12 indigenous community areas in 9 countries, and is intended to contribute to the evidence base used to make global policies to protect Indigenous Peoples' food resources and promote good health.

In the northern Northwest Territories of Canada within the Gwich'in Nation is the community of Tetlit Zheh. In this rural Arctic setting, the Gwich'in Traditional Food Project has actively promoted local wildlife foods and healthy market foods in many community programs for their cultural and health benefits.

Videos in this series:
1. Indigenous Peoples’ nutrition - The Project |    • Indigenous Peoples’ nutrition - The Project  
2. Indigenous Nutrition for Better Health |    • Indigenous Food for Better Health  
3. The Inuit and their Indigenous Foods |    • The Inuit and their Indigenous Foods  
4. The Nuxalk and their Indigenous Foods |    • The Nuxalk and their Indigenous Foods  
5. The Gwich'in and their Indigenous Foods |    • The Gwich'in and their Traditional Foods  
6. Pohnpei and their Indigenous Foods |    • Pohnpei and their Traditional Foods  
7. The Maasai and their Indigenous Foods |    • The Maasai and their Indigenous Foods  
8. The Aguaruna and their Indigenous Foods |    • The Aguaruna and their Indigenous Foods  

Learn more about The Project at http://indigenousnutrition.org/