Returning the ‘three sisters’

Returning the ‘three sisters’: Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash and beans likely were part of that 1621 dinner too.