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Pawnees in Oklahoma work to save sacred, symbolic seeds Carla Hinton, Oklahoman © The Oklahoman Archive Deb Echo-Hawk, director of the Pawnee Seed Preservation Project, examines corn with Ronnie OBrien as the two stand in the Pawnee Nation Round House during the 2018 Seed Preservation Project reveal in Pawnee. PAWNEE — Each ear of corn was sacred and symbolic. The husks were gently peeled from the kernels by a group of Pawnee Indians who gathered in 2018 at the Pawnee Nati...

PAWNEE — Each ear of corn was sacred and symbolic. The husks were gently peeled from the kernels by a group of Pawnee Indians who gathered in 2018 at the Pawnee Nation Round House. The treasure they discovered gleamed for all to see — blue-speckled corn, and corn with tan-colored kernels known for its sweetness. "This is our Christmas," Sonny Howell said of the unique unveiling. Each fall, Deb Echo-Hawk gathers members of the Pawnee Nation for "The Reveal," an intergenerational assembly ho...