#senecabluebeardance

[seedkeeping]

Still life with African and American grains. Actually I set this shot up as an excuse to thank publicly Greg Snader of Lancaster, PA who saw our wish list on our fundraiser page and decided to send us this scale and these spoons in support of our seed keeping mission. THANKS GREG!

Check out his gardening tumblr here: blossomplace.tumblr.com 

And his portfolio: snaderillustrator.com 

And art tumblr: http://gregorytod.tumblr.com/

[seedkeeping]

Seneca Blue Bear Dance Corn was named by Stephen McComber who is Mohawk and has been growing this variety for thirty years. He received it from a nice old man who was a Seneca and who made a healing pudding from the corn flour for use in Iroquois Bear Dance Ceremonies. Thanks to Stephen McComber, #williamwoysweaver, and @rowenwhite for keeping this story and these seeds alive. Curious if this corn is ever still used in this way during the Midwinter Ceremony? #roughwoodseedcollection #senecabluebeardance #bluebeardance #senecabluebeardancecorn #seedkeeping #seedsaving #flourcorn #heirloomcorn #midwinterceremonies #beardancer #beardance #haudenosaunee #iroquois #seneca