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Channel: Tohono O'odham Collection, 1970-1980, Helga Teiwes Photographer
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Cholla bud harvesting is a tradition of the Tohono O'odham

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Cholla buds are a traditional food source for the Tohono O'odham. In this sequence of seven images, we see how the buds are harvested, boiled to release their oxylic acid, and dried in the sun to be later re-hydrated and used in cooking. Staghorn, buckhorn and pencil cholla buds are harvested in this manner.

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