Foraging for wild onions is more than just a tradition for many Cherokees. It's a way to connect with nature, spend time with loved ones and pass on important parts of our culture to new generations.
She looks so much like my grandma! Lol. My grandma (Cherokee) and my dad (Blackfoot) always taught us how to forage. People bring theirs kitchen to the forest but the forest provides!
I am not native but was born and raised in Catoosa, Rogers County. Collecting onions and having onions and eggs was a big thing to do in the spring. Such wonderful memories.
Thanks for this video, I was looking for "native american wild edibles" & came across this. I love that you're holding strong to your culture and passing it on to your children. I was born in the Caribbean, & I learned about the wild edible food there because my mother taught me. I hope that all the Natives in this country can & will do just that, as well.
So proud of my people. I'm blessed to have had my many elders teach me how to forage and stay with the teachings nature provides and only take what is needed. Keep up the great videos and spreading education to so many.
We always ate good when we found wild onions growing on Greenleaf Creek. We mixed em with our fish, and potatoes at supper time and with our eggs for breakfast.
Was born raised on the beautiful Illinois river still live here followed my precious mother around as a child me n brother n sister watching n helping mom gather wild onions n other greens. Couldn't wait to eat them.. mom n sis is gone home now.. but we will still keep up the faimly tradition n pass it on.. proud to be Cherokee Indian!!
Liked and subscribed! These teachings of love for our Mother Earth needs to continue. Also for people to be grateful for all the blessings and gifts that our Mother gives us. My heart is full when I see this knowledge and love passed down through our generations. Thank you!
Im half Choctaw......starting with Rev John Folsom who came over from England,during the Pilgram days.He married into lots of Choctaw women,had lots of children.First lady Francis Folsom Cleveland came from the Choctaw Folsom Ancestory.
Wow, what a wonderful way to keep tradition alive. And take from the earth, and leave some behind. And be thankful. I live in suburbia, a small town in N.C. There are wild onions in my front flower beds !! I thought I knew what they were, then I pulled one out and it sure looks like a "green onion" like I get in the grocery store. My neighbor said they don't taste like much cause they haven't been grown by farmers with fertilizer, etc. BUT , I found this site and I am going to look further. I don't think they knew anything about them, just heresay. Can't believe their in the suburbs !! Thank You. p.s. OK, like a lot of people, I am supposed to have Cherokee heritage, around 1/16 or 1/8. I respect that it' not much or maybe even doubtful. Not trying to be disprectful at all. I will keep coming back and learn more about how to love and live with the land.
In the mountains of the Appalachian they gather Ramps. They call the wild garlic here in Georgia here Wild Onions. there is a difference. Wado Thanks for sharing.
My cat, Emily, loves nibbling the wild garlic in our yard! She loves nibbling all sorts of greens, but got sick a few times from choosing the wrong ones. I showed her which ones were good to eat and which were not, and she has not made a mistake since. I thought it a little strange she would like wild garlic, but then we had a cat who would eat entire packages of Sonic onion rings, so maybe it's not so strange!
Absolutely right. Born and raised in East Tennessee up in the mountains near to the NC border. Each spring as soon as the cold weather breaks, we head up higher for ramps. We never take all, take what you need, leave the others to germinate for the next season. We also chew birch bark along the way. My great grandmother was full native, I cannot say she was Cherokee because she died before I was born. She taught us all we knew about the forests.
When I was a child, every spring and summer visit to my grandmother's house included a scavenger hunt. They included things like wild onions, any berry that was bearing, wild roses, dandelions, goosefoot, cattail root, and many other native foods. Then she would make a meal using what we found. Acorn flour makes great flat bread. Proud of my Cherokee ancestry.
I'm partial Cherokee, I haven't tried wild onions yet, but they grow so much outside my home I should be trying them. Thank y'all for sharing our culture.
I wish I knew how to do that. My grandma took me as a little girl into Ozark woods near POTOSI, MO to hunt for wild greens. I wish I was old enough to understand. THIS WAS IN the EARLY 1960s.
I love that feeling that nature gives us food. I like my dandelion greens.right now and making dandelion honey. It is what my european grandmother taught me I understand that feeling of oneness with our ancestors today. Wado to you and Servus in my language. We are all ONE and belong to the same creator❣️❤️❣️
@@midsummernight2009 , I think that's what we're all missing right now! Mother Nature is angry and we must try harder to find peace! Have a great day 😘. Peace and luv from Canada ❣️❤️👋
Donna P I totally get it and wish we had a political party that would allow us to take advantage of innovations that will not hurt life in this planet. Like real help with solar energy and wind energy. It is still all too expensive for many of us. Greetings from Saskatchewan
@@midsummernight2009 , Very true! I would love to try your dandelion honey, as honey is one of my favorites on toast! Keep healthy and happy from Ontario, peace and luv!!
My Mom sometimes did some foraging in the woods and every time sh made iced coffee, she would go outside and reappear within minutes with wild mint to flavor it with.
We need to educate people. Nothing wrong with foraging in a responsible manner. Always leave the roots, don't take all the greens. More people and more animals depend on these blessings the Creator left here for us.
When I lived in Ohio, I lived near a park with a creek running through it. There were wild onions growing along the trails, so fragrant you could smell them before seeing them. I pulled them up and added them to a recipe. Best onions I've ever eaten!
When wild onions was first mentioned, the first thing I thought was that they were talking about " ramps" which I love! I believe that ramps were first introduced to the white man by the Cherokee! And not being a full blood white, I love ramps!
I’m Cherokee from the Carolinas -I think that the Cherokees have a wonderful way of finding food-I wasn’t raised on the Reservation but my Grandparents were, but I never knew about looking for food like that-What a wonderful way of finding food 🥘-!!
I was raised in upstate s.c my grandmother ancestors where Cherokee. She taught us what her mother taught her She taught us all wild onions ,boiling wild cherry bark for medical reasons, digging up roots, and etc. As kids we would go out and pull wild onions ourselves and eat them.
I love dandelion greens, the bigger the better. Also plantain leaves. Saute some onion, and garlic if you like. Olive oil, or bacon grease. Butter works too. Whatever you have. Add the washed and chopped leaves, salt and pepper. Chilli flakes if you want. Cover. Stir once or twice, leave covered and turn it off. Great with egg, or without. I like it over white rice, or in fresh warm tortillas. Wraps. Delicious with a slice of toast as well. However you like it. Do the best with what you've got.
My GreatGma married a Cherokee man and had several children but because were African Decent his side of the family don’t really deal with us 🤷🏾♂️ when most of them are half African anyway it hide the dark grandparents that looks more African than native.... but I still love them
I remember growing up in northeastern Oklahoma, and us grandkids would go and pick wild onions for grandma. It was a big deal back then. Our family would get to gather, and just eat wild onions and eggs. We are blessed to have Cherokee blood, running threw our veins.
My mom used to gather wild onions, greens such as dock and polk, mushrooms and sassafras root. She is half Shawnee/Cherokee. She learned all this from her grandmother, who used to weave baskets and make brooms, and had skills from her mother. I saw my great grandmother in a vision once, as a child of seven, while my family was visiting my uncle-my grandfather was also there. My great grandmother was sitting on the couch across from me and she had long yellow-gray hair, in braids. I told my mom about seeing her, and my mom said my great grandmother had already died. But I knew I had seen her, looking at me.
Were #Cherokee here in #ClevelandTN, and we still gather all kinds of wild edible plants. I live in #BradleyCo #TN, close to where the #ramp #festival is yearly in Polk County in the #Cherokee National Forest area, near the #Ocoee River. Just because I bleached my hair, don't let that fool you.. We are Cherokee. You are certainly not alone in this world.
Osi yo My Father had a farm in his backyard I live wild onions Second Generation Cherokee Third Generation Cree Family married into Shinecock Osiyo Osda Inena Hi Tsalagi Ulihelisdi itse Adetiyisgui Wado
I'm black & choctaw & I love digging for wild onions..I wish I knew where I could find some wild garlic here in central Louisiana (Alexandria) to be exact.
I hold indigenous people with high respect, I wish all white people could see what I see how beautiful indigenous people are, I hope your all tremendously blessed,
I didn't grow up foraging. I learned a few years ago by watching videos. My did say once that he put wid onions on the grill, and my.mom and her sisters would eat pawpaw out in the country. I don't have children, but it i did, i would teach them all I've learned!
I like eating wild radishes. I forget what it's called but it looks like wild mustard, an edible flowering bush with light pink, yellow and or white flowers that sprouts little seed pods you eat when they're young. I eat the flowers and also wisteria flowers taste like green beans
@@bluegrassfan23 Your favorite white bread recipe with few ingredients. Might add a bit of grated cheese into the mix as you prepare the dough. Even some chili flakes, makes it more interesting.
i'm 50 now. . .i was this youngsters age when i remember doin these things with elders. . .long since gone, long since past . . . no one seems interested in nature and the old ways anymore, around me anyhow. . .i try to teach my kids, i know they hear me and see me they just seem to not listen >< now i want to find people who can help me reconnect to that past, it seems i can no longer sustain it on my own or find it created in any sense beyond my direct influence. . .makes me long, makes me sad.
Do they taste like the onions we grow in gardens? Are all wild onions edible? As a little girl I remember sometimes pulling a wild onion and chewing on the green stem!
My Great Grandmother is Cherokee Indian my mom mother is Cherokee and watching this makes me get more involved with our culture. Especially spiritual walks.. but we have to keep the culture alive.
My ex-husband was part Cherokee, I wish I had access to YT to help teach them about their culture. They were raised by me, an American with Irish heritage. Unfortunately their Cherokee culture is lost. :(
Here in Oklahoma we have so many wild onions and wild garlics growing in the backyard. They are so delicious! My Choctaw grandpa taught me all about them!
Got some growing in our yard and me and my sister are gonna pick some soon. Im also Native American, Lumbee with a little bit of Cherokee as well and i love nature, id rather be in the woods with the plants and animals than around other people.
Me too, I rather be in my backyard with my plants and my garden, and I love the outdoors. I do not have native heritage myself. But I certainly do love native people, and their kind gentle ways. My sons also love native peoples, as they have some native heritage as well.
Soon it will be something that people do because it will be survival. The Tribulation mentioned in scripture is fixin to happen. Don't take the Mark Of The Beast. If you do you will be forever cut off from Our Creator Yahweh. Find the Lord Yeshua/Jesus while he can still be found. He is the Mercy giver. Our Creator is tired of Mankinds sin. He's tired of people destroying each other and the earth.
I don’t know if it’s the same thing but we had the little wild onions all over our yard & I loved to pull em up. The smell of the onions & earth was so cool! I gotta try that with the eggs. She sure made it look good ✌️
I have alot of Cherokee heritage in my family also I live close to snowbird but on TN side, recently I have been studying up on mushrooms an wild edibles an medicinals it has became such an addicting habit of everyday learning an looking, mayb I love it so because of my Cherokee roots both of my great grandma's was full Cherokee
I live up here in Northern Illinois. Our wild onions just came up and i tried frying them up with eggs. I didnt get them boiled down enough. Most of them were to bitter but ill try again in a couple weeks. The greens were really tasty though. Its nice to go into my own yard to find breakfast. 😂
