Presentation to highlight Indigenous American Cropping Systems

Have you ever heard of The Three Sisters? The Three Sisters – winter squash, maize and climbing beans – are the main crops of various Native American groups, particularly the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) of the Finger Lakes region. Indigenous farmers in the northeast have been growing these crops for hundreds of years and continue to do so today.

Jane Mt. Pleasant (Tuscarora), associate professor at Cornell University, will give a presentation about Haudenosaunee agriculture, knowledge and the productivity of indigenous cropping systems on Saturday, May 6, at 2 p.m. at the Tioga History Museum located at 110 Front St. in Owego. 

The event is free and open to the public, and is organized by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County and the Tioga History Museum.

This event is happening alongside Tioga History Museum’s current exhibit, “Born to Farm”. The “Born to Farm” exhibit is open on Wednesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sept. 30.