Cherokee Traditions: Kanuchi

Kanuchi, or Kanvtsi, is a traditional Cherokee food made from hickory nuts. Originating as a survival meal, this dish is now a delicacy among Cherokees.
Join the Cherokee Language Translation Department as they each talk about the importance of Kanuchi in Cherokee culture and demonstrate the various steps in preparing the traditional dish.
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[@savagewolf1966]

The Cherokee language is so beautiful to listen too.like a song bird singing.💞♥️

[@Chaplain_GM]

The Log and pounding Stick is like The one in my Grandma moms Kitchen when i was little it is beautiful to see this tradition being kept alive

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

I know my heroes when I see their work

[@NebulaOfAshka]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful tradition!

[@randallcampbell510]

Wa Do for sharing

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I'm a cowboy here in Texas but my mom's family is in Floyd County Kentucky. My granny was of Irish background and my grandfather was of the Cherokee Nation. I was 3 when he died. I barely remember him. Like the rest of my mom's family he was a life long coal miner. He smoked hand rolled cigarettes and he died of black lung. I would have loved to have walked in the mountains just one time with him

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

It is a beautiful thing, the language being kept alive.

[@sathdora2025]

Thank you for sharing. Keep that heritage coming and safe from being lost.

[@raysova7666]

I'm TARRAHUMARA descendant. We EXIST in the U.S.A. n we're Not Recognized. So the Tribe is recognized in Chihuahua Mexico n the surrounding areas. RISE UP CHEROKEE ! WE(all natives of this continant)HAVE SURVIVAL IN COMMON. 6 Flags have flown over Texas n we're still here. Stand Strong in FAITH !

[@savagewolf1966]

Love to learn the old ways,glad you are making videos and teaching.keep it alive!♥️

[@littlepookie7976]

this was interesting, being part Cherokee myself and yearning to know more about my family.

[@stryc9941]

The young people are here, unfortunately perhaps not your own children though. Some of us have their hands over our ears, but each one we can reach out and touch will have a choice to move forward with eyes open, or not. Its not a decision anyone else can make. Please keep reaching out and teaching, there is true value in knowledge which all cultures possess. This is a very dated video by the time this comment was created, but I hope it brings some relief and inspiration to anyone reading. Believe in your true self and the path, whatever that may be to you personally. 🙏

[@williampounds9180]

Please teach the young ones everyday. God bless.

[@charlesvolner2467]

Seeing this brought Tears to my eyes, remembering Momma and the Sisters preparing this Trwasured Delicacy. Wado for sharing this. Osda.

[@ralphmclendon3771]

I love kenuche. I think I could live on kenuche and fry bread.I am so glad you made this video. A lot of people who knew how are sadly no longer with us. Wado!

[@gimomable]

This is beautiful and I learned something new that I may need to onow one day thank you 🙏🏼

[@revelationakagoldeneagle8045]

Wa Do my friends 🙏

[@debiallen4053]

Beautiful history, carried on. Just beautiful.

[@jm00727]

God is good! Thanks for sharing.

[@senkuu_ishigamii]

the OG energy bar

[@chriremlu6211]

Remember it only fades away if you let it. Learn and share with your friends and family it will never die.

[@MarkedMoneyTech]

It sounds like its delicious! I can't wait to try it!

[@johnevans5782]

Wado! Thank you for keeping the old ways alive, and making these videos. For those of us whose families were not there to sign the rolls and who are now not truly considered Tsalagi, it is the closest we can come to knowing the ways or our ancestors.

[@julieferguson7446]

I agree because I am one of the so many my grandmother was full blood but no one would allow her to talk about it . I know she had a card stating that she was Cherokee . But like most nine year olds did not pay enough attention to remember the detail on the card . now it is to late

[@54jonesboy]

Mockernut?

[@houndgirl7365]

I despise the rolls and the whole blood quantum aspect we are not dogs and for a government to keep us from our culture just because they want us to disappear is disgusting. We did not get to choose weather or not our ancestors were taken from their home or not and it saddens me greatly. Saying my 2nd great grandma is burried in Oaklahoma in a cherokee cemetary I think thats one ancestor that will be difficult to find the rest are in Nevada burried on the white persons side. The sad bit is thats not even the Tsalagi way of tribe affiliations prior to colonization :/ I don't know if anyone will see this, but no matter who says "you aren't" i know who i am and i won't let a colonizer dictate that nor should anyone else. I wish this brainwashing and keeping system in place could be released so that those of us yearning to be reunited with our culture could without all the jumping through hoops. Blood quantum=continued genocide native is native hope no matter how far the generations go people hold onto that as you can't breed a lineage out!

[@LowakOotitok]

Great video! I am not cherokee, (I am Choctaw) but am currently learning basic conversation. So learning the culture is great along side it!!

[@deborahmcsweeney1650]

I've heard that some hickory trees do not produce good eating nuts. Is there a specific kind of Hickory tree for us to grow or look for? Wado for this nigada. So grateful!

[@rosescott9299]

He’s probably referring to shag bark hickory nuts. We eat a lot of them here. Look for the shaggy bark and nut husks on the ground to identify the tree. We avoid pig nut hickory, though it is edible it is not as good . You’ll need a sturdy nutcracker though, this is no store bough English walnut, lol.

[@deborahmcsweeney1650]

@@rosescott9299 Wado!

[@b_ks]

Pecans is hickorys and good eating.

[@nicoletaylor9713]

Thank you my native American brother for sharing this wonderful recipe with the rest of us tribal people. My father's tribe is the San Carlos apache reservation Arizona. I agree with you all to keep our ancestors tribal foods alive and teach this country of ours that real native American food is very good and maybe some day all tribal people can have and open a family owned native American restaurant in the state we live in America so non tribal people can try and taste the real native American heritage foods.

[@eMavern_Emporium]

Thank you for sharing

[@savagewolf1966]

Do you have a recipe with acorn nuts?

[@root2health]

thank you for sharing...really enjoyed seeing & hearing about the Kanuchi :)

[@xan42O]

Do you know of other kinds of food balls in native american cultures? There was one i read abt a while ago but i cant seem to find it again. They put chocolate, nuts, berries, and would put it all in a small leather pouch around their neck so it would all heat up and condense/congeal together.

[@fmagalhaes1521]

@Visit Cherokee Nation. Tsi yonegi but am learning to speak Tsalagi and the culture. I enjoy the video. Wado!!! :):)

[@terryschiller2625]

Osiyo,wado dideyohvsgi. Wado for teaching the Tsalagi history and language. Degadeloquai Tsalagi gawonihisdi. It needs to be saved. Donadagohai

[@terrydaniels9126]

Thanks for. Keeping way of life i do get a tv dinner done

[@brittnar]

Thank you for sharing. Loved learning about how flexible this food is and how important it is still today

[@PalmettoNDN]

You can also use the discarded shells to tan hides into leather.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you all so much for sharing this information!

[@savadams2095]

Beautiful recipe. Thank you for sharing.

[@ragedeeann644]

Thank you! I love this, and its a beautiful language. I'm trying to learn more about my ancestry. But did anyone else see how wild the closed captions are?

[@wheepingwillow24u17]

WISH I COULD LEARN HANDS ON. WADO

[@Hyperion-5744]

Kanvtsi is one of the cherokee foods i want to try.

[@blueberryboy4642]

Wow!

[@christineplaton3048]

Amazing. Can it be called a hickory nut soup? I'm amazed at the anvil or nut cracker...who made this? How were they cracked generations ago? I would love to gather some wild hickory nuts and make this. The last time I saw hickory trees was in Maryland. From WNY

[@senkuu_ishigamii]

This would be a really cool energy bar like press this into a nutty fruity energy bar 😋

[@BettieSmith-dt9ig]

I can remember with my grandmother weekend other berries at a certain time for jams Peewee gather nuts put away for the winter then we would gather roots Underwood's that's how we made extra money

[@ronaldvanetten6757]

I would love to try kanuci

[@MrChristianDT]

Researching wild plants, I occasionally come across mentions of recipes Native people's uses to do & have found multiple references to people making little "cakes" from certain fruits that they would store away, then soak in water to form soup or sauce bases. Is this what that process would amount to, with the hickory nuts?

[@farmingowl1]

Hi Sammy! It's been a long time since I've seen you

[@christopheravila6649]

Beautiful people, I hope you all live forever.

[@staceyritchie7100]

My grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee. I love learning about my roots! Thank you! Xo

[@rachellove9995]

My grandmother used to make this. Unfortunately the recipe died with her. Is there a recipe that includes kanuchi that I can buy so I can carry on the tradition?

[@briannamcdonough8710]

I am a Cherokee and I have been trying to learn our culture and traditions because my family refuses to talk about it. Is there anyone that could help?

[@randystache78]

My dad told me about a hickory tea from his youth. I wonder if it was like this…

[@TaylorsAuthenticTraditions]

Wado.🙏☝️

[@KevinVillageStone]

Wado 😃

[@davidbgreensmith]

What does it taste like? Is there anything a European might have experienced that is similar? When I see preparations like this where the process is so convoluted, I wonder who was the first person to discover it. Its important that this knowledge isn't lost.

[@rebeccamcfarlen7678]

Im Cherokee

[@TeressaJ1960]

Did you put more water in the kanuchi and boil it again after you poured it into the rice?

[@VisitCherokeeNation]

Yes, there is about 2 to 3 rounds of boiling water and straining the liquid into the rice. Hope that answers your question!

[@twelvefruitsart2087]

CV!

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

The problem is most the youngsters especially millenials don't care or want to learn they have been spoiled continuously and don't know or understand struggle and sacrifice or the injustices our ancestors suffered and continue to at the hands of the colonials .

[@maryholmes3275]

I'm so thankful my oldest son learned from his granny(my mom)on how to make kanuchi & learned some medicine roots, he's now passing on to my grands, him & his wife have 6 kids together, ages 21 to 12 year olds, they're all learning how to make kanuchi balls, in fact 5 kid(daughter) made it for them for their Thanksgiving meal this yr. it was so good, I'm teaching them the traditional meals, food from the wild as well. So so proud of my grands that they want to learn, my 18 year old granddaughter made her 1st batch of Dogheads by herself the other day, she loves them, of course I was there for questions, dogheads are basically boiled cornbread, the juice from it, can be drink, as is or with sugar, so so good. Tradition Matters.

[@coalblooded303]

Really sad how we all were done.

[@yusufziyacetin]

Cherokee people and Turkish people brothers national

[@wirehyperspace]

looks like grandma got her tomahawk out/ saying hi David changing your name and game now are you / crazy horse did it once was worm - David new name sewer tadpole -till learn pemmican lesson no eat everybody's e=mc2 to share well with others