Corn occupied an important place in the lives of many Native communities who lived along the Upper Missouri River. This text introduces to the reader some 50 varieties of native corn discovered in the Missouri Valley. Equally important, it provides an overview of Indian agricultural techniques there, including methods of harvesting and storing the crop, the preparation of corn for food, and the role of the crop in intertribal and Indian-white trade. Corn was not only grown, eaten, and traded, it also had a spiritual ...
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Corn occupied an important place in the lives of many Native communities who lived along the Upper Missouri River. This text introduces to the reader some 50 varieties of native corn discovered in the Missouri Valley. Equally important, it provides an overview of Indian agricultural techniques there, including methods of harvesting and storing the crop, the preparation of corn for food, and the role of the crop in intertribal and Indian-white trade. Corn was not only grown, eaten, and traded, it also had a spiritual significance. A final contribution of this book is a discussion of the presence and value of corn in Indian myth, religion, and ritual.
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