# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIm6uWfNKgf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29574326-theoregonian-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/98e49d6bb7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-19T01:00:07.000+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.”

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: chiara.prof

#javelina #nativeamericancuisine #nativefood #precolonialfood #firstfoods #portland #portlandoregon #comfortfood #hereisoregon #theoregonian

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## Tags

javelina, hereisoregon, portland, comfortfood, nativefood, precolonialfood, firstfoods, portlandoregon, theoregonian, nativeamericancuisine

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