Before colonization, blue corn mush offered members of Navajo tribes a form of calcium when milk was not available. The recipe has been passed down from generation to generation, and on Monday morning ...

Twenty-two federally recognized tribes live in Arizona, with the highest proportion of land allocated to Native American reservations of any state in the country. Among them are Navajo, Hopi, Salt ...

Graham Biyáál will never forget the taste of his mother’s traditional blue corn mush. An earthy, hearty dish made with ground-up blue cornmeal, water and juniper ash, its recipe has been passed down ...

My first flavor memory is the spicy taste of bear root, mixed with gritty San Juan Mountain soil, on my tongue and the sweet maple aroma in my nose. The second is blue corn mush with just a hint of ...

This article appears as part of Native America, a four-part series that explores the world created by America’s First Peoples. Reach back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, ...