native american

I've read a whole bunch of posts so far but haven't really nailed down the answer. What is primitive tobacco? What makes it a primitive type? I'm guessing these would be 'among' the first varieties that were out there before hybridizing and crossing started to develop new types. Sound right...

Nearly 100 years ago, an anthropologist interviewed Buffalo Bird Woman, a very old member of the Hidatsa Indian tribe. The lengthy material was published in 1917. I have excerpted the chapter on tobacco, which discusses their cultivation and harvesting practices. The variety of tobacco has...