A BRIEF
HISTORY OF
INDIGENOUS
FLAVORS IN CENTRAL ARIZONA -Angie Johnson-Schmit
LO NG BEFORE AMERICA N S ETTL ERS L A N D ED I N ARI Z O N A, SE V ERAL INDIG ENOUS P EO P L ES I N HAB I TED THE REG I O N . P ER HA P S T HE MO S T W E LL-K NO WN IN DIGEN OUS GROUPS IN CEN TRAL ARIZON A AR E T HE Y A VA PA I . O T HE R T HA N A F EW BAN DS TH AT GREW SM AL L PL OTS OF CROPS , T HE Y A V APA I W E R E NO T FA R ME R S, BUT H UN TER-GATH ERERS. CEN TRAL ARIZON A’S C U I S I N E W A S A LS O I NFLU E NC E D BY OTH ER IN DIGEN OUS N ATION S F ARTH ER TO T H E N OR T H A ND S O U T H, B R I NGIN G OTH ER TYPES OF F OOD TO TH E REGION . S O ME OF T HO S E FLA VO R S A R E STIL L F OUN D IN M ODERN ARIZON A CUISIN E. 10 TG MAGAZINE FA L L 2021
