Scattered Corn with shoulder blade hoe sitting in front of Liberty Memorial Building, Bismarck, N.D.

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Scattered Corn with shoulder blade hoe sitting in front of Liberty Memorial Building, Bismarck, N.D.

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State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11649908

State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives

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Scattered Corn, 1858-1940

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Scattered Corn (1858–1940) was a respected Mandan seed keeper and daughter of the last corn priest, Moves Slowly. With no successors, his medicine bundle came to Scattered Corn, who did her best to continue the traditions and maintain the accumulated wisdom of generations. Over hundreds of years, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara gardeners had developed vegetable varieties appropriate for northern climates. Scattered Corn shared her knowledge about native agriculture and Mandan traditions. Seedman Os...