| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Use - Food | In the traditional story of Young Thunder William Pecongah, he describes the crops he had growing on his land 160 acres of reserve in central Indiana. "There I planted corn, wheat, potatoes, peas, tobacco, beans, apple trees, pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, onions, hay, straw, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, turnips, tomatoes, pawpaws, cherries, strawberries, plums, blackhaws, peaches, walnut trees, pecans, hickory nuts, barley and rye". |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Description | Bunches of fruits are not as large as common grapes. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
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| Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 | Habitat | There are six native currant species. Five of these species spiny swamp-currant (R. lacustre), skunk-currant (R. glandulosum), western black currant (R. hudsonianum), Eastern black currant (R. americanum), swamp red currant (R. triste) occur in wet areas including swamps, bogs, woods in the eastern Myaamia lands. A sixth native species buffalo-currant (R. odoratum) occurs on rocky cliffs and hillsides predominately in western Myaamia lands. Two exotic currants garden black currant (R. nigrum), garden red currant (R. sativum) occur as escapes from areas where cultivated throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | äsépanĭmĭ́nĭ, literally "raccoon berry" |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | "'essipanímini", "currant" |