Timeline for Why would the tribes choose herding instead of agriculture in the Great Plains?
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| Sep 26, 2018 at 3:15 | comment | added | John | Although there is no reason those crops would survive, especially if sterile seed technology becomes widespread. The native forms of those plants are mostly extinct. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 9:31 | comment | added | Graham | Thanks for the info, guys. Since that assertion was clearly wrong then, I've deleted that sentence to improve the answer. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 9:30 | history | edited | Graham | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed assertion which was incorrect.
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| Sep 24, 2018 at 23:26 | comment | added | Phil Frost | Although agriculture wasn't widespread in the great plains, it did happen. The Pawnee are a good example, living mostly on agriculture, including corn (a grass), beans, and squash. That is until Europeans came along and introduced horses, at which point hunting bison got a lot easier so they did that also. | |
| Sep 24, 2018 at 22:25 | comment | added | Shalvenay | The Americas do have a native grain though -- corn! | |
| Sep 24, 2018 at 20:49 | history | answered | Graham | CC BY-SA 4.0 |