Wahpepah’s Kitchen in Oakland, California is the first woman-owned restaurant specializing in native cuisine in the area.
The owner of the restaurant, Crystal Wahpepah, is an enrolled citizen of the Kickapoo Nation of Oklahoma. She became very familiar with cooking for tribal events with her family at the International Friendship House.
Wahpepah’s Kitchen is looking to reclaim, transform, and sustain changes to the food system through utilizing an Indigenous food sovereignty model in Oakland, California, and beyond. It is surrounded in color and the history of the Kickapoo Nation.
Original post by Nanette Deetz/Native News Online
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