The Three Sisters: A Hallmark of Indian Tables

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LaDonna Brown describes the components of mound sites, where the inhabitants planted large fields with corn, beans and squash and stored them to sustain life through the winter. Always planted, grown and harvested together, a well-loved Indian staple known as “the Three Sisters.”

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