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Loretta Oden is food editor of Native Peoples Magazine and chef-consultant of Corn Dance Enterprises. Loretta is EMMY Award winning chef-owner of the renowned Corn Dance Cafe, a fine dining restaurant featuring the indigenous foods of the Americas that operated in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 10 years. She is also host of the five-episode PBS series, Seasoned with Spirit - A Native Cook's Journey. Her ingredients include pre-European contact foods from "Nunavut to Tierro del Fuego" utilized in a menu that is cutting-edge but deeply rooted in tradition. She now travels extensively doing cooking demonstrations, lectures, and programs relating to native cuisine, health issues, and introducing audiences to a world of revitalization and awareness of indigenous foods system. She is also the food consultant for the exciting new First Americans Museum (FAMok.org) opening in Oklahoma City in the fall of 2021. (Oklahoma City, OK) @cornmomodie