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# 500 Dancers. One Chef. One Sacred Stew
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/spirit-plate/episode/500-dancers-one-chef-one-sacred-stew-0widbx/
- Published: 2025-11-10T20:05:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-12T06:30:20.000Z
- Description: Chef Pyet DeSpain returns to her Potawatomi Nation to reconnect with family, food, and tradition.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Spirit Plate, Season 1, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_ad857121-f2c8-4ab8-8dd8-057da57bfaae, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_8a61e81e-9308-45c2-86a8-8e8118b873e4, #v1.16

In this powerful homecoming episode, Chef Pyet DeSpain returns to her Potawatomi Nation—feeding sacred bison, reuniting with family, and preparing a feast of bison stew for the tribe’s largest powwow of the year, where hundreds of dancers and dozens of tribes gather in celebration.