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Plant Genome Outreach to Native Americans
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RainThe Navajo belief is that there are two types of rain, one is a female rain, the female rain is very quiet, calm, gentle, and soothing. Dark clouds begin to form lightning and this is the male rain, this rain can be rough, and it is not pleasant as the female rain. The following photos show the differences of female and male rain. Picture (A.) is the female rain, (B.) is the male rain. We as Dine (Navajo) people believe that there is a female and male that surrounds us. Originally the Navajo people would plant the seeds into the dirt and the corn seed will soften after it rains and grows, as you can see in picture (C.). Picture (C.) is just plain reservation dirt. Picture (D.) shows the corn growing from a soiled field. Corn is our first medicine and food source. |
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