caddo Indian varieties

[DGBAMA]

A friend of mine's wife is interested in growing varieties which would be native to her a
Ancestry. I need some help here and seed if possible.

 

[DGBAMA]

Also Blackfoot tribe. Oklahoma/Arkansas area.

 

[Knucklehead]

http://www.peopleofonefire.com/use_of_tobacco_among_north_american_indians.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=UG...varieties smoked by blackfoot indians&f=false

https://www.google.com/search?q=native+american+tobacco&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-USofficial&channel=fflb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=n7WJUrnhB4j92QWa9IHgDg&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=617

http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/traditionaltobacco.html

 

[Knucklehead]

Interesting facts about Native American smoking: http://www.npaihb.org/images/projec.../American Indians & Tobacco_fact sheet_06.pdf

Interesting quote:
" While it does contain nicotine, traditional tobacco is not processed with chemicals or

used in the same way as commercial tobacco so does not pose the same health risk"

 

[DGBAMA]

Looks like most common was N.Quadrivalvis. Anyone have seed?

 

[skychaser]

Looks like most common was N.Quadrivalvis. Anyone have seed?

Yup. I have both N.Quadrivalvis and N. Clevelandii

 

[deluxestogie]

N. quadrivalvis, was apparently an uncommon and fairly localized species used by American natives, shown as "6" in the region of North Dakota.

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

Nice find with the map Bob.

In searching, i have seen n.quad mentioned several times in literature about the Caddo.

 

[deluxestogie]

Buffalo Bird Woman recounts the tobacco grown exclusively by the old men in her Hidatsa tribe during her childhood. She narrated her story as an old woman in the early 20th century, so her childhood reaches back to the early 19th century. The Hidatsa clearly used N. quadrivalvis.

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

Yup. I have both N.Quadrivalvis and N. Clevelandii

Sky, are you still working on getting a retail seed site up? If so I will wait patiently. If not, can I send you payment and a padded envelope for a small quantity of each?