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An Ancient Culture

many Indian tribes. Everybody has heard of blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries, but those were just a few of dozens of berry species available inNorthAmerica. And althoughmany people associate potatoes with Ireland, they are in fact indigenous to the Western hemisphere. In Peru, ancient cultures cultivated some three thousand different varieties of potatoes!

This mural in Olympia, Washington, shows Pacific Northwest Native Americans in traditional canoes, sometimes used for fishing.