Traditional Haudenosaunee Corn Soup
Built around hulled white corn and beans—two of the Three Sisters—the soup is traditionally enriched with meat such as venison or turkey, producing a simple but hearty and nourishing meal.
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Wabanaki-Style Steamed Mussels
While traditional accounts describe shellfish being cooked over fire beneath seaweed. This modern stovetop preparation uses the same fundamental technique—steam and little else—allowing the mussels themselves to provide most of the flavor.
Succotash
This modern version of Succotash includes tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, and garlic while retaining the corn-and-bean foundation of its Indigenous predecessor.
Sasumuneash — Cranberries with Butternut Squash
This Sasumuneash recipe has been adapted for the modern kitchen, but its flavors reflect ingredients that were available to Indigenous peoples of the Northeast long before European settlement.
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