Owamni Restaurant T-Shirt, circa 2025

THF806944 / Owamni Restaurant T-Shirt, circa 2025
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Artifact Overview

Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota nation, found success as an executive chef, and channeled that into advocacy for indigenous foodways as The Sioux Chef. He earned several James Beard awards for his leadership, for his first cookbook, The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen (2017) and for the restaurant Owamni, owned by the not-for-profit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS).

Artifact Details

Artifact

T-shirt

Date Made

circa 2025

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2025.255.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Debra Reid.

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Color

Dark gray
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 29.5 in (center back of collar to hem)
Width: 18.5 in (Shoulder to shoulder)

Inscriptions

on front of shirt: OWAMNI / BY THE SIOUX CHEF on back of shirt: #LANDBACK on tag: econscious / [...] / 100% / organic cotton / Made in / Mexico / L / [...] / The goal of life / is living / in agreement / with nature / -Zeno / [...]