A Gift of Corn to the Choctaw
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Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky.
Across the eastern United States and Canada there are over 10,000 sacred mounds. Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky. One story tells of two hunters who feed a poor woman. She turns out to have magical powers and rewards the hunters and their people with corn.
Funding is provided by Partnership with Native Americans.
A Gift of Corn to the Choctaw
Special | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Across the eastern United States and Canada there are over 10,000 sacred mounds. Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky. One story tells of two hunters who feed a poor woman. She turns out to have magical powers and rewards the hunters and their people with corn.
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