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Re: three sisters
Ruby Rohrlich (rohrlich@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU)
Wed, 27 Sep 1995 22:51:44 -0400
I haven't read Lewis Henry Morgan's League of the Iroquois for a long
time, but believe he discussed the "three sisters" in this book. Ruby
Rohrlich
On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Morty Kessel wrote:
> Can any lurkers direct me to a source for the use of the term "three
> sisters" when referring to the three staples of Mesoamerican diet;
> corn, beans and squash?
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