Just how rapidly corn became the colony’s nutritional anchor can be seen in the 1624-25 Muster, where the reported supplies of “Indian corn” dwarfed those of European grains.

Almost all Indian corn varieties need 100 to 115 days from planting until harvest. Our best sweet corn varieties here take considerably less than that. That should protect against cross-pollination.

This year's harvest at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site includes corn, squash, tobacco and sunflowers, much of which will be shared with tribes in North Dakota.

Dave Christensen entered North Korea last spring with 1,300 pounds of Montana-raised Indian corn seed, a gift with the potential to quell food shortages that have left millions of people ...