Tag: #ArikaraSquash #HeirloomSquash #NativeAmericanFood #IndigenousAgriculture #WinterSquash
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Arikara Squash: The Ultimate Guide to This Ancient Native American Heirloom (History, Growing, Cooking & More).
Long before grocery store shelves were stacked with butternut, acorn, and spaghetti squash, Native American farmers along the Missouri River were already growing something remarkable: a hardy, sweet, beautifully mottled winter squash that had been carefully bred, saved, and passed down for generations. That squash is known today as Arikara squash — and it’s…