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    The traditional Navajo Food Pyramid shows that Navajo ancestors relied heavily on meat, with fats and sweets eaten sparingly. It emphasizes grains, beans, and starchy vegetables as the base, followed by fruits and vegetables higher up. At the top are fats and sweets, eaten in moderation, with meat and dairy in between. This pyramid illustrates the foods that helped keep traditional Navajo people healthy.

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    Traditional Navajo Food Pyramid

    How did people know what to eat before the food pyramid was invented? Our ancestors ate what they grew and
    hunted, but everything they ate still had its place in our modern pyramid. This version of the food pyramid shows
    how traditional foods helped Navajo ancestors stay healthy.

    Fats Sweets Meat and others


    Intestine with mutton fat Sugar Antelope meat Beef
    Sheep brain Corn cake Sheep feet Donkey
    Mutton fat Squirrel Horsemeat
    Sheep head Mutton Ribs
    Goat milk (fat) Tamale Deer meat
    Pinyon nuts Prairie dog Liver
    Blood sausage Fats & Tongue Rabbit
    Fried bread (lard & fat) sweets Sheep head Wild turkey
    Ribs (fat) 2–3 servings
    Use sparingly
    Milk Meat and
    Milk others Fruits
    Goat milk Watermelon
    Goat milk cottage cheese Peaches
    2–3 servings Vegetables Fruits Cantaloupe
    Wild berries
    Yucca fruit
    Vegetables Apples
    Grains, beans, & starchy vegetables 2–4 servings
    Parsley
    Wild onions
    Wild spinach Grains, beans, starchy vegetables
    Rhubarb Piki bread Popcorn
    Squash Tortillas Dumplings
    Mutton stew (carrots) Corn meal Roasted corn
    Roots Corn cake Blue bread
    3–5 servings Tamale Navajo creamer
    Kneel down bread Chokecherry paddies
    Fried bread Mutton stew (corn &
    potatoes)
    6 or more servings

    Adapted from the Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, Arizona Regional Educational Assistance Program at NMSU

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