Green Corn Ceremony Day

Members of the Piqua Shawnee Tribe of Alabama, in traditional dress, wait for a Green Corn Ceremony event to begin. The Green Corn Ceremony was the most important event of the year for tribes of the Southeast and celebrated the renewal symbolized by the ripening of the first corn.

Green Corn Ceremony Day, a Native American tradition in Alabama
Photo courtesy of the Piqua Shawnee of Alabama

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Green Corn Ceremony Day, a Native American tradition in Alabama