This recipe calls for using juniper ash in place of baking powder. Wow!
#Navajo #BlueCornmeal Pancakes (Abe' Bee Neesmasi)
Servings 10 pancakes
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 cup roasted blue cornmeal
2 tsp baking powder or juniper ash
2 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tsp cooking oil
Maple syrup or homemade jam for toppings optional
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, blue cornmeal, baking powder or juniper ash, sugar, and salt in large bowl.
- Add milk and stir.
- Heat pan or griddle to medium heat.
- Coat pan with cooking oil.
Use ladle to scoop approximately 1/4 cup of batter and pour into pan.
- Flip pancake when bubbles form on the top.
- Cook other side until golden brown.
- Serve plain (traditional) or with optional toppings.
Notes
Juniper Ash is a traditional ingredient used in cooking among the #Diné (Navajo) communities. Pancakes made with juniper ash will be denser and have a deeper purple color than those made with baking powder. Roasted blue corn and juniper ash are available through Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (#NAPI)."
Source:
https://tasteofmissions.com/navajo-blue-cornmeal-pancakes/
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Navajo Blue Cornmeal Pancakes (Abe' Bee Neesmasi) 1 cup flour1 cup roasted blue cornmeal2 tsp baking powder or juniper ash2 tsp granulated sugar1/2 tsp salt1 1/2 cups milk2 tsp cooking oilMaple syrup or homemade jam for toppings (optional) Whisk together flour, blue cornmeal, b
I've seen recipes for #ChamisaAsh (#CulinaryAsh) that involve wood chips, mountain sage, #juniper, and epazote herbs, burned to fine white ashes. I also found this from a #Navajo recipe for Corn Ice (Da’yis tiin).
"A Note on Culinary Ash
Culinary ash dates back thousands of years and has been used by Native communities throughout the Americas for millennia. It is primarily made from shrubs and trees growing near or around the Native communities that use it. The Navajo primarily use juniper ash. Chef Walter Whitewater and his family have been using juniper ash in their traditional dishes since he was a little boy.
"Juanita Tiger Kavena, author of Hopi Cookery, who has since passed, talks in her cookbook about the #Hopi using the ash from #corncobs, #CornSilk, and #CornHusks, as well as the #FourWingSaltbush (#AtriplexCanescens), which is also called #chamisa. Her son, Wilmer Kavena Jr., whom I know as Chibbon (which is Creek for 'little boy'), says that the four-wing saltbush is the preferred bush for the Hopi but that ash can be made from burning any bushes. He prefers to make ash from the four-wing saltbush since these bushes are more #alkaline and work better with the #corn. And Brandon Baugh from San Felipe Pueblo, my student from the Indigenous Concepts of Native American Food class at the Institute of American Indian Arts, researched the use of ash in his community and at San Felipe Pueblo for his final paper and presentation, and found that in his community they use juniper, four-wing saltbush, and onion ash. Other Native communities all over the United States use various materials, including the ash from certain types of #wood.
Culinary ash can be sourced from Shimà of Navajoland and Blue Corn Custom Designs, among others."
https://www.ediblenm.com/graces-corn-ice-dayis-tiin/
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Leonard McCombe’s 1948 LIFE Photo Essay Documents Navajo Daily Life and Hardships
📰 Original title: Amazing Photographs Captured Everyday Life of Navajo People in 1948
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In 1948, LIFE magazine photographer Leonard McCombe produced a powerful photo essay documenting the daily lives of the Diné (Navajo) people during a period of extreme hardship in the late 1940s. His work was created over several weeks spent on the Navajo reservation, where families were facing the combined effects of a devastating winter blizzard, severe economic disruption caused by federal livestock reduction policies, and widespread shortages of food and infrastructure. These conditions had led to poverty, illness, and growing instability within many communities. McCombe’s approach to photojournalism emphasized intimacy and human dignity rather than distant observation. He often photographed Navajo families inside traditional hogans, using natural light from doorways or smoke holes to illuminate everyday scenes. His images captured multigenerational life, including elders sharing traditional knowledge with grandchildren, mothers managing household tasks, and children adapting to both traditional and school environments. The essay also depicted moments of education, such as classroom instruction, religious teaching, and children learning and playing games introduced through schooling. Other scenes included daily chores like bread baking over open fires, sheep herding on high plateaus, trading at reservation stores, and communal family life at sunset. Despite the harsh conditions, McCombe’s photographs highlighted resilience, cultural continuity, and strong family bonds. When published by LIFE magazine in July 1948, the photo essay drew widespread attention in the United States. It helped raise public awareness of the crisis on the reservation and contributed to humanitarian responses, including donations and food drives. The imagery also added political pressure that later supported federal reforms such as the Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950. Today, McCombe’s work remains an important historical record of both struggle and cultural endurance within Navajo communities during the mid-20th century.
Leonard McCombe’s 1948 LIFE Photo Essay Documents Navajo Daily Life and Hardships
📰 Original title: Amazing Photographs Captured Everyday Life of Navajo People in 1948
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅
In 1948, LIFE magazine photographer Leonard McCombe produced a powerful photo essay documenting the daily lives of the Diné (Navajo) people during a period of extreme hardship in the late 1940s. His work was created over several weeks spent on the Navajo reservation, where families were facing the combined effects of a devastating winter blizzard, severe economic disruption caused by federal livestock reduction policies, and widespread shortages of food and infrastructure. These conditions had led to poverty, illness, and growing instability within many communities. McCombe’s approach to photojournalism emphasized intimacy and human dignity rather than distant observation. He often photographed Navajo families inside traditional hogans, using natural light from doorways or smoke holes to illuminate everyday scenes. His images captured multigenerational life, including elders sharing traditional knowledge with grandchildren, mothers managing household tasks, and children adapting to both traditional and school environments. The essay also depicted moments of education, such as classroom instruction, religious teaching, and children learning and playing games introduced through schooling. Other scenes included daily chores like bread baking over open fires, sheep herding on high plateaus, trading at reservation stores, and communal family life at sunset. Despite the harsh conditions, McCombe’s photographs highlighted resilience, cultural continuity, and strong family bonds. When published by LIFE magazine in July 1948, the photo essay drew widespread attention in the United States. It helped raise public awareness of the crisis on the reservation and contributed to humanitarian responses, including donations and food drives. The imagery also added political pressure that later supported federal reforms such as the Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950. Today, McCombe’s work remains an important historical record of both struggle and cultural endurance within Navajo communities during the mid-20th century.
#Uranium company’s finalized #NewMexico plan includes treating, dumping water into nearby river
#DinéActivist says #EnergyFuels doesn’t understand #MountTaylor’s sacredness
Thursday, May 28, 2026
By Patrick Lohmann,
"A #Colorado uranium company recently submitted a finalized operation plan to New Mexico officials, signaling that it — along with multiple other out-of-state companies — is increasingly serious about mining uranium in the state.
"Energy Fuels, Inc. submitted a 273-page operations and '#reclamation' plan earlier this month that details how it plans to extract uranium from more than 1,600 feet below the surface within the #CibolaNationalForest boundaries in McKinley County, then transport it to its mill in #BlandingUT.
"New Mexico Environmental Law Center Legal Director Eric Jantz told Source NM on Tuesday that the plan represents the company’s renewed intent to receive a permit following more than a decade on hiatus.
" 'We’re taking it seriously,' he said of the plan. 'And we’re going to be doing what we can to make sure that this #EnvironmentalReview is done properly, and that community interests are protected.'
"The company’s plan describes how it would pump #groundwater from the mineshaft to access the #UraniumOre, then treat the water and release it into the nearby #RioSanJose. Jantz told Source NM that the 'dewatering”'of the mine is an immense technical undertaking and one that threatens to deplete the #groundwater supply during a period of prolonged #drought.
" 'It’s gonna deplete the water table in a significant radius around the proposed mine, and that water table won’t recover for decades, if ever,' he said.
"Energy Fuels officials did not respond to Source NM’s emailed request for comment Tuesday.
"In addition to the 'dewatering,' the proposed mine site lies within the boundaries of the Mount Taylor Traditional Cultural Property. Mount Taylor is sacred to several #Indigenous tribes and pueblos in New Mexico, including the #Navajo and #Laguna peoples.
"Energy Fuels’ operations plan notes that if its permit is approved, the company will take steps to preserve the 'viewshed' of Mount Taylor in recognition of the #SacredMountain and will, to the extent possible, 'protect scenic values' at the site.
"After reading that section of the plan, Diné anti-nuclear advocate #LeonaMorgan told Source NM that Energy Fuels officials clearly do not understand the value of Mount Taylor to the Navajo people.
" 'It’s not just a visual aspect. It’s not just to look at the mountain. It’s for the integrity of the mountain itself,' she said. 'When we’re talking about #SacredPlaces and #MotherEarth, these are our relatives. That’s how we consider them. They themselves have rights and definitely should not be basically raped and pillaged, which is what mining is.' "
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