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Brief Research Commentary: The US Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement’s Impact on Understandings of COVID-19 in Indian Country

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Lewis, C
Published in: Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment
December 1, 2021

This research commentary provides an overview of contemporary anthropological research regarding the US Indigenous food sovereignty movement and demonstrates how it informs the impacts of COVID-19 on Indian Country. Past anthropological research on US Indigenous foodways, while useful, has lacked US Indigenous voices and in-depth political context. Alternatively, many current Indigenous scholars prioritize integration of this crucial political landscape, thus increasing the relevancy and application of this work. For this review, I begin by coalescing a selection of these recent research developments, primarily focusing on research undertaken by Indigenous scholars currently in, and affiliated with, anthropology. I then connect the ways in which their ethnographic and community-based findings shed insight into challenges that arose during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Finally, I critique anthropology’s lack of support for these research projects and offer suggestions regarding future US Indigenous food sovereignty research directions.

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Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment

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1556-486X

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2153-9553

Publication Date

December 1, 2021

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43

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2

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107 / 113

Related Subject Headings

  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1699 Other Studies in Human Society
  • 1608 Sociology
 

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Lewis, C. (2021). Brief Research Commentary: The US Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement’s Impact on Understandings of COVID-19 in Indian Country. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 43(2), 107–113. https://doi.org/10.1111/cuag.12280
Lewis, C. “Brief Research Commentary: The US Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement’s Impact on Understandings of COVID-19 in Indian Country.” Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment 43, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 107–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/cuag.12280.
Lewis, C. “Brief Research Commentary: The US Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement’s Impact on Understandings of COVID-19 in Indian Country.” Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, vol. 43, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp. 107–13. Scopus, doi:10.1111/cuag.12280.

Published In

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment

DOI

EISSN

1556-486X

ISSN

2153-9553

Publication Date

December 1, 2021

Volume

43

Issue

2

Start / End Page

107 / 113

Related Subject Headings

  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1699 Other Studies in Human Society
  • 1608 Sociology