Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux CommunityFlandreau Indian School students cooking SMSC

January 22, 2012Tribe looks to teenagers to revive bison demand

Sponsored by: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

It seems an unlikely concept: teenagers forgoing the immediacy of a McDonald’s Big Mac to don an apron, grab a meat patty and learn how to cook their own lower-fat version in the kitchen. But for a group of students at the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota, they’re doing just that while learning about bison, an animal considered sacred in their Native American culture.

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