Areas of Great Lakes Tribes' Three Sisters crops

Areas of Great Lakes Tribes' Three Sisters crops

Areas where Three Sisters (corn, beans, squash) agriculture was traditionally practiced

Three Sisters agriculture, the planting of corn, beans, and squash, was the primary form of agriculture utilized to feed Native American tribes and civilizations from as far south as the Mayans to as north as the Great Lakes region. The map depicts the various cultures that developed along the Great Lakes that relied on Three Sisters crops to flourish.

Milwaukee Public Museum

https://theconversation.com/returning-the-three-sisters-corn-beans-and-squash-to-native-american-farms-nourishes-people-land-and-cultures-149230

The Conversation

20 November, 2020

Christina Gish Hill

Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)

English

map