In Hopi, it’s called “talasi.” In Navajo, “tata-deen.” In the Navajo and Hopi traditions of the American Southwest, corn pollen is a sacred substance, used in ceremony.īut before there was corn pollen, there was cattail pollen. Pinyon nuts-from the Pinus edulis tree-were a staple food crop for prehistoric tribes, such as the Navajo, Hopi, and Pueblo, who inhabit the Southwest. Baya Meehan, a Navajo tribal member from Copper Mine, Ariz., gathers pinyon in the autumn.
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