Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month with a Three Sisters Stew – Hudson Valley Style Cooking with Maxwell Alexander

From the Hudson Valley to Your Table: Celebrating Indigenous Traditions and Sustainability with Three Sisters Stew

November is the perfect time to rethink Thanksgiving and honor National Native American Heritage Month by embracing traditions that connect us to the land and its original stewards. A delicious way to do this is by preparing Three Sisters Stew, a dish steeped in Indigenous agricultural wisdom and symbolic of harmony, resilience, and sustainability. […]

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Rethinking Thanksgiving: A Stand Against Celebrating Colonial Atrocities – by Maxwell Alexander, EIC, Hudson Valley Style Magazine

Rethinking Thanksgiving: A Stand Against Celebrating Colonial Atrocities

As we approach Thanksgiving, a holiday deeply ingrained in American culture, it’s vital to pause and reflect on the narratives we choose to celebrate. In recent years, a growing awareness of the holiday’s historical context has sparked debate and introspection. At Hudson Valley Style Magazine, while we deeply value traditions that bring families together, […]

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Whose Land are You On? What to Know about the Indigenous Land Back Movement

Whose Land are You On? What to Know about the Indigenous Land Back Movement

Land thrives in Indigenous hands, and there are real, tangible ways you can help return what was stolen by colonizers from tribes across North America. Indigenous scholar Lindsey Schneider addresses the ill-gotten legacy of settler colonialism with an introduction to the Land Back movement: the push to return stewardship of the Earth to its […]

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