# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHPXtduOED-
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-16T01:00:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Alexa Numkena-Anderson, an Indigenous — Hopi, Yakama, Skokomish and Cree Nations — and Mexican chef, sees her first restaurant, Javelina, as her duty to the community.

Javelina “felt like a necessity in many ways. Lack of representation, I mean, that’s a huge part of it,” Numkena-Anderson said. Aside from Javelina, “There are no Native American restaurants here in Portland, even though we have a huge rich urban Native population here in Portland alone.”

The small space, just off Northeast Killingsworth Street, is decorated with Indigenous art, cozy seating and a shelf filled with books, knicknacks, spices and bottles of wine. A kitchen in the main dining area splits the room in half, giving visitors a front-row seat to Numkena-Anderson’s craft.

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Photo by Vickie Connor

#NativeAmerican #javelina #frybread

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