Keen wants to reclaim those farming roots with a project called Sacred Seed. But where does corn come from? It comes from us!' And most people don't even think it's edible. 'But 'Indian corn' is only ornamental and is sold only around Thanksgiving time.

'Corn, especially here in Nebraska, is synonymous with apple pie,' Keen says. The Salt A Navajo Chef Gives A Glimpse Inside The Makeshift Kitchens At Standing Rock There are also tomatoes, okra, gourds, sage and sweet grass. Sunflowers hold them up against the wind. The beans fertilize the corn as they climb the stalks. He calls them the four sisters because of how they work together. 'We have corn, bean, squash and the sunflower.' 'Well, this is what was formerly known as my backyard and is now home to the 'four sisters,' ' Keen says.

Walking through a maze of corn rows and a carpet of pumpkin vines behind his home in Omaha, Neb., he wears a cowboy hat, Wranglers and a traditional bead necklace. On a warm, bright September afternoon, Keen is singing to the corn. Taylor Keen is hoping to lead that comeback in Nebraska. Today, members of some tribes are hoping to revive their food and farming traditions by planting the kinds of indigenous crops their ancestors once grew. Long before European settlers plowed the Plains, corn was an important part of the diet of Native American tribes like the Omaha, Ponca and Cherokee. Green Oaxacan is processed to make hominy and corn meal. Cherokee White is a kind of sweet corn with white, purple, and yellower kernels that is ground for flour. Some of the indigenous corn varieties growing in Taylor Keen's backyard.

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