IndigiKitchen: Strengthening Community and Culture Through Food

TCU Indigenous Peoples Day 2026 

Mariah Gladstone, Indigenous Chef, Cookbook Author, and Host

Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) is the founder and CEO of IndigiKitchen. Her online cooking show is the dedicated to re-indigenizing our diets using foods native to the Americas. IndigiKitchen gives viewers the tools to find and prepare food in their communities while also strenhthening ties to culture. Her cookbook, Mountains to Oceans - Kids' Recipes from Native Land, contains kid-friendly recipes to bring families together around Indigenous foods.

Indigenous food systems support healtheir ecosystems, bodies, and families.