indian corn

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Indian corn was a very important crop for the people of the northeast woodlands. It was the main food and was eaten at every meal.Indian corn is the same as normal corn; the only difference is color. It has a lot of color different from other corn. Sometimes, one ear of corn just has one color, but sometimes one ear of corn has many colors, like purple, yellow, blue,white and re. Before you take off the leaves from the corn, you can see the yellow leaves cover the corn's body. In Indian,all parts of the corn plant were used. Nothing was thrown away. The husks were braided and woven to make masks, moccasins, sleeping mats, baskets, and cornhusk dolls. Corncobs were used for fuel, to make darts for a game, and were tied onto a stick to make a rattle for ceremonies. Indian corn was unknown to the Europeans before they met the Indians. Indians gave them the seeds and taught them how to grow it. Now in the U.S.A., more farm land is used to grow corn than any other grain.