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Title: Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952 Harrington, John Peabody Freire-Marreco, Barbara W. (Barbara Whitchurch), 1879-1967 School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.) Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress) DLC (from old catalog)
Subjects: Ethnobotany Tewa Indians
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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7ears ago from Jemez. The Tewa of Hano distinguish the following strains, naming themin the same order as do the Hopi: ICy,ly,n tk£% yellow corn—North. ICylun tsqywwS, blue corn—West. K*yly,m fv% red corn—South. K^ulyn tss£?% white corn—East. Kulum p(?ni, black corn—% Below. lCyliLnbr/iax(je>% mixed-colored corn—( Above. P in in /.■ ijjy, d warf corn. Mclej), a dwarf corn cultivated by the ancestors; archaic name,jele. Intermediate colors are also named, as— Ifylyrfdi, gray corn.Kuliji/i, f)i/.s;rj/> ii, pink corn.HTylym ^ipK^n% dark-red corn. Treatment op Corn Corii is planted by the Rio Grande Tewa in April. As with allother seeds, it should be sown under a waxing moon, so as to growwith the moon; under a waning moon the seeds cease growing. Not BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY Bulletin 55 plate 7
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B. WILD SQUASH (CUCURBITA FCETIDISSIMA), A TRAILING FORM IN CANYONS. ftOBBINS, HARRINGTON,FREIRE-MARRECO ) ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEW A INDIANS 83 everyone knows the right time: , for sowing; some men know thetime for one crop and some for; other seeu, imes women help toplant by dropping seeds after the mei?s; but tL The corn is gathered in late September or ; ■ Qctober, after thewatermelons have been taken. The gobernador proclaims the day onwhich people are to begin to take their corn, and at the more con-servative pueblos, for instance at Nambe, no one dares to take it beforethe time. At Santa Clara the people do not plant a field for the cacique, norhave they done so within the last 50 years. They used to plant afield in common for the support of the church. Occasionally women help to gather their corn, but most of thework is done by the men, who pick the ears by hand and place themin sacking aprons, leaving the stalks to be cut down with a scythe.They bring the ears to the pueblo i

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