Native American farmers in the southwestern United States have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops such as corn and beans in high-desert environments only occasionally visited by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has named the members of a council created in a 2010 settlement to ensure Native American farmers and ranchers have access to Department of ...

HAMBURG, Pa. - The Dreibelbis farm in Virginville hosted it's Native American Spring Celebration to celebrate local Native American culture and heritage. The farm is one of the largest American Indian ...

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Raised agricultural beds cover an estimated 70% of the lidar survey area at Sixty Islands archaeological site along the Menominee River. With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, ...

Explore the history of U.S. land-grant universities from 1862 to 1994, including tribal colleges supporting Native American communities.

Mike Hackman of Columbus took this picture of the Native American farming community between 1100-1200 A.D. while hiking in the Wupatki National Monument in northern Arizona in May. Mike Hackman of ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...

In the dense forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, archaeologists have made an astounding discovery: ancient farmlands that challenge everything we thought we knew about Native American agriculture.

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