EDIBLE IDAHO
"The Meaning of Water Potato"


A Handful of Water Potatoes

Kids Digging Water Potatoes

For the Coeur d'Alene tribe of North Idaho getting-back-to-their-roots isn't just a figure of speech. For the tribe, it literally means getting back to the foods that once sustained them. Correspondent Guy Hand finds out how a small tuber, the water potato, helps the Coeur d'Alene tribe reconnect to its past.

 


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