Editing Pawnee people (section)

===Agriculture===
The Pawnee women are skilled horticulturalists and cooks, cultivating and processing ten varieties of [[maize|corn]], seven of [[pumpkin]]s and [[Squash (plant)|squashes]], and eight of [[beans]].<ref name=Weltfish1977/>{{rp|119}}
<blockquote> They planted their crops along the fertile river bottomlands. These crops provided a wide variety of nutrients and complemented each other in making whole proteins. In addition to varieties of [[flint corn]] and [[flour corn]] for consumption, the women planted an archaic breed which they called "Wonderful" or "Holy Corn", specifically to be included in the sacred bundles.<ref name=Weltfish1977/>{{rp|119}}</blockquote>

The holy corn was cultivated and harvested to replace corn in the sacred bundles prepared for the major seasons of winter and summer. Seeds were taken from sacred bundles for the spring planting ritual. The cycle of corn determined the annual agricultural cycle, as it was the first to be planted and first to be harvested (with accompanying ceremonies involving priests and men of the tribe as well.)<ref name=Weltfish1977/>{{rp|119–122}}

In keeping with their [[cosmology]], the Pawnee classify the varieties of corn by color: black, spotted, white, yellow, and red (which, excluding spotted, related to the colors associated with the four semi-cardinal directions). The women kept the different strains separate as they cultivated the corn. While important in agriculture, squash and beans were not given the same theological meaning as corn.<ref name=Weltfish1977/>{{rp|119–122}}

In 2005, the last 25 remaining seeds of the Pawnee Eagle Corn variety were successfully sprouted. The unique taste of Eagle Corn is described as being similar to almonds with cream. In November&nbsp;2010, a traditional Pawnee ceremony with Eagle Corn soup was held in Oklahoma. According to ''[[True West Magazine]]'', Eagle Corn soup had not been available for ceremonies for 125 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://truewestmagazine.com/keepers-of-the-seed/ |title=Keepers of the Seed |last=Bommersbach |first=Jana |date=2012-04-25 |magazine=True West Magazine |access-date=2018-03-07 |language=en-US |df=dmy-all |archive-date=2018-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151058/https://truewestmagazine.com/keepers-of-the-seed/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>