THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF HOPI CORN

One aspect of life most important to Hopi people is their relationship to corn (maize) and corn farming (Wall and Masayesva 2004). According to traditional knowledge, this relationship is tied to the origin of Hopi people. When the Hopi emerged into the Fourth World, they approached Màasaw, their gu...

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Hauptverfasser:	MARK D. VARIEN, SHIRLEY POWELL, LEIGH J. KUWANWISIWMA
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	One aspect of life most important to Hopi people is their relationship to corn (maize) and corn farming (Wall and Masayesva 2004). According to traditional knowledge, this relationship is tied to the origin of Hopi people. When the Hopi emerged into the Fourth World, they approached Màasaw, their guardian spirit, for guidance. Màasaw presented them with a planting stick, a bag of seeds, a gourd of water, and a small ear of blue corn and thereby gave the Hopi the option to pursue this new way of life as farmers. The Hopi accepted this challenge and since then corn has