Name: 美國原住民文化深度探索！帶你一窺究竟！ (An Inside Look at Indigenous Culture in America)
Uploaded: 2026-02-20T17:05:19.000Z
Duration: 11 min 24 s

The Black Hills is the beginning and the origin of our people.

Black Hills 是我們族人的起源與開端。

Without it, our ceremonies would not exist.

沒有它，我們的儀式就無法存在。

To the Lakota, we call it Hesapa, the heart of everything that is.

對 Lakota 人來說，我們稱它為 Hesapa，是萬物之心的核心。

In the United States, there's many different Native nations, and

在美國，有許多不同的原住民國家，

We go by our tribal name of Lakota, and Lakota means friends and allies.

我們使用我們的族名 Lakota，而 Lakota 意為朋友和盟友。

I'm a musician, the cultural relations advisor, and a teacher.

我是音樂家、文化關係顧問，也是老師。

My job is to educate people about this area and about the history of this area and to preserve the stories so that we have it for the next generations to come.

我的工作是透過導覽，讓大家瞭解這片土地和這片土地的歷史，並保存這些故事，讓下一代也能繼續傳承。

My goal is to open people's minds about the Native population here in the Black Hills by taking them on tours.

我的目標是透過導覽，讓大家對 Black Hills 的原住民人口有更深的認識。

The role of the storyteller is to teach truth through stories and through myths.

說書人的角色是透過故事和神話來傳達真相。

You're keeping that history alive every time you tell that story to somebody new.

每當你把故事講給新的人聽，你就是在延續這段歷史。

Without storytelling, our culture and our history could fade away.

沒有了說故事，我們的文化和歷史可能會逐漸消失。

In the southwest of the Black Hills, you can find petroglyphs that date back about 10,000 years, if not older.

在 Black Hills 的西南方，你可以找到大約一萬年前，甚至更早的圖像石刻。

It's telling stories of people's lives that lived there at that point in time.

這些圖像石刻訴說著當時居住在那裡的人們的生活故事。

So this is considered the oldest petroglyph in all the United States.

所以，這被認為是美國境內最古老的圖像石刻。

You have a mountain lion in one corner and a mountain lion in the other corner.

一個角落有一隻山獅，另一個角落也有一隻山獅。

There kind of gathering in a herd of elk.

他們聚集在一起，形成一群麋鹿。

Beyond just the artifacts and the petroglyphs, the land formations and the areas around the Black Hills are significant to the Lakota people for spiritual and historical values of where the people existed and how they came to be.

除了文物和圖像石刻之外，Black Hills 的地貌和周遭地區對 Lakota 人來說都具有重要的精神和歷史價值，代表著人們曾經存在以及他們如何誕生。

It gives me an overwhelming feeling to know that I'm walking the same footsteps of where my ancestors have been.

知道自己走在祖先走過的路徑上，讓我感覺非常震撼。

And it encourages me to become a warrior to protect this place and to ensure its existence for many generations to come.

這也鼓勵我成為一名戰士，來保護這片土地，並確保它能延續到世世代代。

People need to understand that all of North America is indigenous land.

人們需要明白，整個北美洲都是原住民的土地。

People tend to forget that there was a vibrant Native culture living in all parts of North America.

人們常常忘記，在北美洲的各個角落都曾經有著蓬勃發展的原住民文化。

And food is really the piece that's going to help us move forward into a brighter future.

而食物，確實是能幫助我們邁向更光明未來的關鍵。

My name is Sean Sherman, and I am a chef.

我的名字是 Sean Sherman，我是一位主廚。

我擁有這家公司，還有副主廚。

So this is going to be two pieces per plate for these.

Our mission is revitalizing Native American foods and reidentifying North American cuisine.

我們的使命是復興美國原住民的食物，並重新定義北美洲的料理。

We've tried really hard to maintain authenticity by removing all of the colonial ingredients like dairy, wheat flour, processed sugar, beef Pork, chicken, and

我們非常努力地想保持原味，移除所有殖民時期的食材，像是乳製品、小麥粉、加工糖、牛肉、豬肉、雞肉，還有

we're just using a lot of wild game, a lot of the native agricultural heirloom varietals, a lot of the wild foods around us, and

我們只用了很多野味、很多原住民農作物的傳家品種、很多我們周遭的野生食物，

really making those plates that taste like a region.

並且真的做出能讓人嚐到地方風味的料理。

Most of these ingredients are very familiar to people, but

大部分的食材對大家來說都很熟悉，但是

the usage of a lot of the wild plants really talk about a place and a community.

大量使用野生植物，真的能訴說一個地方和一個社群的故事。

We prioritize purchasing from the indigenous vendors first because we really want to open up a lot of opportunity for indigenous people growing out farms or collecting things from the wild or raising animals.

我們優先向原住民的供應商採購，因為我們真的很想為原住民創造很多機會，讓他們種植農作物、採集野生食物或飼養動物。

So for the big dinner, we're actually cooking this bison down with a bunch of fresh cedar and some bergamot.

所以今晚的大餐，我們會用新鮮的杉木和佛手柑來烹調這隻野牛肉。

We will purchase from anybody raising these indigenous pieces because it is such an important part of the landscape and the history.

我們會向任何飼養這些原住民品種的供應商採購，因為這對當地景觀和歷史非常重要。

As we travel around the country, we like to make dinners and foods that really represent those areas.

我們在全國各地旅行時，喜歡準備能真正代表當地特色的餐點和食物。

What's great about being able to do these dinners, especially in non indigenous communities, is just to bring awareness.

能夠舉辦這些餐會很棒，尤其是在非原住民社群中，這能提高大家的意識。

This kind of food that we're eating today, like, you're going to feel really good when you leave here.

我們今天吃的這種食物，吃完之後你會感覺很舒服。

You're not going to feel heavy and weighted down.

You're going to feel energized and just happy because you're knowing where this food is coming from.

你會感到精力充沛、心情愉快，因為你知道這些食物的來源。

We feel like anybody across North America will benefit from the understanding of the indigenous food systems around you, and

我們覺得北美洲的任何人都能從瞭解周遭的原住民食物系統中受益，

這一切都將幫助我們向前邁進。

We feel that she is alive and she wants to do.

我們覺得她是有生命的，而且她有自己的想法。

The job that she told our creator she would do is to feed our people and nourish them.

她告訴我們的創世主，她要做的工作就是餵養我們的族人，滋養他們。

The work that we do, if we didn't have this, we would lose everything.

我們所做的工作，如果沒有這個，我們就會失去一切。

For a few thousand years, Potawatomi people have been incredible farmers and have grown lots and lots of varieties of crops.

數千年來，Potawatomi 人一直是驚人的農夫，種植了各式各樣的作物。

The seed library is a place where we take crops which are disappearing, rare and endangered Potawatomi vegetables, and

種子圖書館是一個地方，我們在那裡收集正在消失、稀有且瀕危的 Potawatomi 蔬菜，

we grow them out and we restore them and put them back in the hands of native farmers.

然後我們將它們種植出來，復育它們，並將它們交還給原住民農夫手中。

George Martin carries the Potawatomi tradition of making damn nabu, or corn soup.

George Martin 傳承了 Potawatomi 製作美味 nabu，也就是玉米湯的傳統。

In our seed Library, we have 76 unique varieties of corn.

在我們的種子圖書館裡，我們有 76 種獨特的玉米。

Each one has its own cultural identity, its own unique flavor.

每一個都有其獨特的文化認同，其獨特的風味。

After a while, when we stir it, you'll see how tough it gets to stir it.

過一會兒，當我們攪拌時，你會看到它變得多難攪拌。

Our corn is a lot different than other corns which are out there.

我們的玉米和其他市面上的玉米很不一樣。

If we didn't have the seed library, these traditional foods might be gone forever.

如果沒有種子圖書館，這些傳統食物可能就永遠消失了。

Within our seed library, 80% of the varieties which we take care of are rare or nearly extinct.

在我們的種子圖書館裡，我們照顧的品種有 80% 是稀有或瀕臨滅絕的。

We're the only place in the world which has them.

我們是世界上唯一擁有這些品種的地方。

Four years ago, when we first got our white flower corn, we only had a half a canning jar, a very small amount of seed.

四年前，當我們第一次拿到白色花玉米時，只有半罐梅森罐的種子，非常少量。

從那之後，我們每年都有種植。

And now we have enough that we may have a hundred bushels full.

現在我們有足夠的量，可能會有滿滿一百蒲式耳。

That's enough that next year we could plant six or seven acres of just this corn.

明年我們就能用這些玉米種植六到七英畝。

That's what we were sent down here for, to take care of Mother Earth and all her creations here.

這就是我們被派到這裡來的目的，要照顧 Mother Earth 和她在這裡的所有造物。

And that corn realizes that we're back using it again.

而這些玉米也知道我們又開始使用牠們了。

Makes the corn feel good that they're being used by our people again.

讓玉米覺得很高興，因為我們的族人又開始使用牠們了。

Eagle feathers give us that strength and courage to go on.

鷹羽毛給了我們繼續前進的力量和勇氣。

They've been in our ceremonies for centuries.

牠們已經在我們的儀式中使用了好幾個世紀。

And to be able to have these feathers in our time of prayer, in our time of need, is really important to us.

在我們祈禱、需要的時候能夠擁有這些羽毛，對我們來說真的很重要。

Last year we received right at 2700 Eagles that were found dead or died for one reason or another.

去年我們收到了將近 2700 隻因為各種原因死亡的老鷹。

And we provide loose feathers from eagles to Native Americans for their religious and cultural purposes.

我們會提供老鷹的散羽給美國原住民，用於他們的宗教和文化目的。

They are protected by various laws, such as the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection act, so people can't just go picking them up.

牠們受到各種法律的保護，像是《禿鷹與金鵰保護法》，所以大家不能隨便撿拾。

But this way, it allows Native Americans a lawful way to obtain and possess eagles.

但這樣一來，美國原住民就能合法地取得和持有老鷹。

The birds that we get have died from various causes.

我們收到的鳥兒們是死於各種原因。

It causes them to break a wing and of course results in death.

這會導致牠們翅膀斷裂，當然也就會死亡。

But usually those injuries are pretty minor to the feathers, so we could still use most of the feathers.

但通常這些傷害對羽毛影響不大，所以我們還是能使用大部分的羽毛。

So we're checking what needs to be replaced there or what feathers need to be added in in an effort to try to give them the equivalent of one whole bird.

所以我們會檢查哪裡需要更換，或是需要補上哪些羽毛，盡量讓牠們能有相當於一整隻鳥的完整度。

The role of the National Egg Repository, it's very important.

國家蛋品儲存庫的角色非常重要。

It helps us to keep going with our lives that we know it.

這幫助我們繼續我們所知道的生活。

It's good to know that you're a part of something that means so much to a group of people and that you're playing a role in protecting a very treasured resource.

知道自己是意義重大的某件事的一部分，而且在保護珍貴資源上扮演著角色，這感覺真好。

That is a military code of the Choctaw Nation.

這是喬克託族（Choctaw Nation）的軍事密碼。