"I'm trying to create a space for Indigenous peoples to feel like, 'This is my seat, this is my table, this is my family, this is my food.' It's so crazy that we're in one of the biggest food cities but there's no Native American restaurant. There's no representation in that way - as a Native person, I can't just go sit in a restaurant that's focused on first foods."
"A mat gets rolled out in the longhouse and everybody gets salmon, roots, berries, boiled potatoes, and corn, and it's all served in a family-style sense. The feeling I want to invoke for the diners is a little bit of that."
"Diners will be seated communally at large, round tables for the family-style dinner. Numkena-Anderson takes inspiration from the cultural events she attended growing up, including funerals that are three-day-long ceremonies with feasts."
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