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This dominance is no accident

In the mountains of western Virginia, flat acres on bottomland with springs that could water corn, wheat, and other crops were far more valuable than acres on steep mountain slopes that were suitable for just grazing cattle and hogs

Since traditional tobacco was banned, major tobacco companies began to market toward Native populations with brands like Natural American Spirit, Big Red, and Red Man to blur the lines between traditional and commercial tobacco, heavily distorting the cultural value of sacred tobacco

Breaking a preservation barrier: recovery of charred seeds in a 10,270 year-old hearth on the High Plains of North America