[1] She wrote and hosted the PBS series Seasoned With Spirit: A Native Cook's Journey.
[3][4] Oden spent three years traveling around the United States learning recipes from many different Native American tribes.
[5] In the early 1990s, when she was 50 years old,[6] Oden opened a restaurant, Corn Dance Café in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her son Clayton.
[9] Oden wrote and hosted the PBS series Seasoned With Spirit: A Native Cook's Journey for which she won a New England Emmy.
[2] Oden was first married to Jerry Vandegrift, whose father started Van's Pig Stand,[6] Oklahoma’s oldest single family owned barbecue restaurant.