The Butchering – Jake Skeets

In this story, Diné poet and author Jake Skeets honors the food
traditions that have sustained his people since time immemorial. As
he prepares to butcher a sheep for Kinaałda, a Diné puberty
ceremony of family and song, Jake contemplates reclaiming culture
and restoring the relationships between people and land, food and
community. Summoning the experiences that have shaped his own
kinship with food, he puts forth story as a pathway to food
sovereignty, reminding us that “the beauty of the beyond and the
beauty of the world” come together in each bite. Read this story on
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