At Bex Baked Goods every sugar cookie tells the story of Haudenosaunee culture

Every sugar cookie that comes out of Becky Thomas's oven tells a story about Haudenosaunee culture and history.

When chef and journalist Aicha Smith-Belghaba visited Thomas, owner of Bex Baked Goods at Six Nations, Thomas pulled out a tray including cookies honouring the Hiawatha Belt with the five nations, the Women's Nomination Belt, the Everlasting Tree Belt, the Dish With One Spoon and the Two Row Wampum belt which tells the story of an agreement between Indigenous people and the Dutch.

You can watch Smith's full interview with Thomas in the video above and take a closer look at her special Bex Baked Goods sugar cookie collection.

Thomas takes orders that sometimes come in the hundreds and thousands but says about every one "whether you are making food or eating food it's always coming from our creator."

Thomas was born in Six Nations and is from the Turtle Clan & Mohawk Nation. She has four children, all girls, and specializes in baking sugar cookies and cupcakes. She says her interest in baking was passed down to her from watching her mom and grandma baking in the kitchen when she was a child.

Now she bakes for her daughters and for her community as a means to celebrate her culture with every bite.

She says "it just really means a lot to me to bring that out into edible format."