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Returning the 'three sisters' – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures

  • Written by Christina Gish Hill, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Iowa State University
imageThe 'three sisters' are staple foods for many Native American tribes.Marilyn Angel Wynn/Getty Images

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash...

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