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The Green Corn Ceremony (Busk) is an annual ceremony practiced among various Native American peoples associated with the beginning of the yearly corn harvest. Busk is a term given to the ceremony by white traders, the word being a corruption of the Creek word puskita (pusketv) for "a fast". [ 1 ]
The Green Corn Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in rural Oklahoma on August 2 and 3, 1917. The uprising was a reaction by European-Americans , tenant farmers , Seminoles , Muscogee Creeks , and African-Americans to an attempt to enforce the Selective Draft Act of 1917 . [ 1 ]
Seminole tribes generally follow Christianity, both Protestantism and Catholicism. They also observe their traditional Native religion, which is expressed through the stomp dance and the Green Corn Ceremony held at their ceremonial grounds. Indigenous peoples have practiced Green Corn rituals for centuries
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized Native American tribe ... During Green Corn, as well as the other ceremonies, the participating members ...
This is an anglicized form of the Creek Vsse Yvholv (pronounced [asːi jahoːla]), a combination of vsse, the ceremonial black drink made from the yaupon holly, and yvholv, often translated "shouter" but referring specifically to the one who performs a special whoop at the Green Corn Ceremony or archaically to a tribal town officer responsible ...
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In Native American mythology, the Fastachee is a small dwarf known as the "Little Giver", who provides corn and medicine. The story is told in the Southeast Woodlands, Seminole and Oklahoma . This article relating to a myth or legend from North America is a stub .
The Seminole continue to observe traditional practices such as the Green Corn Dance. They have two ceremonial grounds within the boundaries of the Big Cypress National Preserve. In addition, they have created some new celebrations: the Big Shootout at Big Cypress, celebrated since 1997.