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Corn, Beans, and Squash

Audio Clip of Donna Powless, Cayuga, Six Nations. Recorded a Friends of Allan Gardens program on June 22nd, 2023.

In the Cayuga language, the words for:

  • corn is onę́hęˀ,

  • beans is osáheˀdaˀ, and

  • squash is ohnyǫ́hsaˀ .

These plants together, are the three sisters!