Biyáál is just one of many farmers in this part of northern New Mexico who recognize the importance of growing, harvesting and cooking as their ancestors did.
Peaches, not mentioned, but loved by Navajos, with orchards razed by Kit Carson? Old World crop. And, even after the Diné finished getting on the west side of the Rockies, it took longer to settle enough to grow peaches.
Other techniques? Yes, on the east coast, Squanto showed Pilgrims how to bury a fish head for fertilizer with corn. But, after they got enough livestock over from Europe, they used what Squanto and other Indians didn't have — manure. They also used those livestock with something else Squanto and others didn't have — a plow.
Then this:
On the Navajo Nation, Biyáál is likewise ensuring that future generations will have access to the same plants and crops as their predecessors. Biyáál identifies as a seedkeeper — one who maintains the seeds of plants from the traditional diet of their community and nation.
So, no Monsanto corn? Or even Pioneer or DeKalb corn?
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