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06 - Ancient Root Grounds (or whats left of it)


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06 - Ancient Root Grounds (or whats left of it)

Description:
The European settlers must have wanted something familiar. So they brought their food. But this country had food, possibly better than any cultivated crop has ever been- that was overlooked, plowed under, and almost forgotten. (this parcel of land burned in 2008 after this video was taken- an open invitation for weeds to take over)

Author:
Carex09

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agriculture, america, ancient, anthropology, badger, biology, burned, disappearing, ecology, ethnobotany, forgotten, grounds, indigenous, land, mountain, mountains, native, north, over, plateau, plowed, root, shrub, steppe, take,

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