Join Cherokee Chef Nico Albert Williams for a flavorful exploration of traditional indigenous foods. Through stories, ingredients, and culinary traditions, Nico will share how food connects Cherokee people to culture, community, and the land while highlighting the importance of keeping traditional food knowledge alive for future generations to enjoy.
Nico Albert Williams (Cherokee Nation) is the Founder and Executive Director of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness, a nonprofit intertribal community center with a mission to help the Indigenous community in Tulsa, Oklahoma improve their spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health by reconnecting to land, traditional foodways and ancestral wellness practices. Nico spends her time growing, foraging, cooking, eating, studying, writing and speaking about Indigenous cuisine. She shares a fireplace and plays music in the Indigenous sludge metal band Medicine Horse with her husband, Kyle Williams Sr. (Ponca, Otoe-Missouria, Ioway).
