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A scholar of Indigenous Studies focusing on Native relationships with the land delves into why Native farming practices of cultivating the ‘three sisters’ of corn, beans, and squash had declined and what benefits could emerge from bringing them back.
A scholar of Indigenous Studies focusing on Native relationships with the land delves into why Native farming practices of cultivating the ‘three sisters’ of corn, beans, and squash had declined and what benefits could emerge from bringing them back.
Ames Tribune When raccoons kept stealing corn from the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin, Iowa State professor Christina Gish Hill said a woman told her the members simply decided to plant enough both parties. "She said, 'You (the raccoons) need to eat too and really love the corn that we produce,'" Hill said. "That is what she was taught by elders ... the food that they produce isn't just for themselves." This is one of several stories Hill shares about her research into Native American agriculture — research that recently earned a $160,000 grant and that has shown improved soil afte...