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Ancient cornfields in UP were vast

Menominee ancestors grew Three Sisters and made better soil

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Gary A Schlueter
Jun 10, 2025
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The wrong way to grow maize

To me the most intriguing thing about NPR’s report “A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture” was not that a vast, extensive corn field was discovered on the Michigan side of the Menominee River in the Upper Peninsula, it was that the ancient farmers were treating the soil to make it …

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