‘It’s an incredibly exciting time’

… So having Elena here I think will help show people that healthy food isn’t a treat. A participant reads a recipe for Hominy Harvest Salad by Ho-Chunk Chef Elena Terry during the 2026 Milwaukee Indian Health Center’s Community Health Fair. It’s actually an incredibly exciting time.” The Indigenous food sovereignty movement has helped elevate awareness of the benefits and importance of traditional foods, Terry said. “It changes more than, say, our blood sugar levels when we start consuming our ancestral foods,” Terry said.