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  2. Plains Indians - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 October 2024. Native Americans/First Nations peoples of the Great Plains of North America "Indigenous peoples of the Plains" redirects here. Not to be confused with Plains Indigenous peoples of Taiwan. "Buffalo culture" redirects here. For the culture of Buffalo, New York, see Buffalo, New York ...

  3. Prehistoric agriculture on the Great Plains - Wikipedia

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    A Wichita village surrounded by fields of maize and other crops. Gathering wild plants, such as the prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum, syn. Psoralea esculenta) and chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) for food was undoubtedly a practice of Indian societies on the Great Plains since their earliest habitation 13,000 or more years ago. [3]

  4. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    It is a flowering plant with multiple species native to North America. It has been widely used by Native Americans for its medicinal benefits, leading white settlers to incorporate it into their own medical practices. An extract of witch hazel stems is used to treat sore muscles, skin and eye inflammation and to stop bleeding.

  5. Pediomelum esculentum - Wikipedia

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    The plant is referred to by the Indians of Iowa as Tipsina, the seed-bearing plant is due to climatic conditions especially in high, dry spots and can be found near rivers or in the steppe. [b] The relative scarcity of the plant today compared to its previous abundance may be because most prairie has been converted to farmland or managed grassland.

  6. Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia

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    The agronomist Jane Mt. Pleasant writes that the Three Sisters mound system "enhances the soil physical and biochemical environment, minimizes soil erosion, improves soil tilth, manages plant population and spacing, provides for plant nutrients in appropriate quantities, and at the time needed, and controls weeds". [4]

  7. Prehistoric agriculture in the Southwestern United States

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    A map of the pre-historic cultures of the American Southwest ca 1200 CE. Several Hohokam settlements are shown. The agricultural practices of the Native Americans inhabiting the American Southwest, which includes the states of Arizona and New Mexico plus portions of surrounding states and neighboring Mexico, are influenced by the low levels of precipitation in the region.

  8. Southern Plains villagers - Wikipedia

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    Also known as Plains Villagers, the people of this pre-Columbian culture cultivated maize and other crops, hunted bison and other game, and gathered wild plants for food. The people generally lived in hamlets of a few dwellings adjacent to flood plains of rivers such as the Washita and South Canadian Rivers in Oklahoma and Texas. Thousands of ...

  9. Perideridia - Wikipedia

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    Plains Indians named the plant 'Yampah' and consumed its starchy bulbs, some of which taste like carrots. [1] Perideridia gairdneri was an important staple crop of Native Americans in Western North America. The nutlike roots of the plant are crunchy and mildly sweet, and resemble water chestnuts in texture and flavor.