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Cholla buds are picked using a saguaro-rib tong_image #2.jpg

Cholla buds are picked using a saguaro-rib tong_image #2

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Buds are drying in the sun_image #6.jpg

Buds are drying in the sun_image #6

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
The spines are separated from the buds using a broom and screen_image #3.jpg

The spines are separated from the buds using a broom and screen_image #3

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Boiled buds are set in the sun to dry_image #5.jpg

Boiled buds are set in the sun to dry_image #5

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Dried buds are packed into containers_image #7.jpg

Dried buds are packed into containers_image #7

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Cholla bud harvesting begins by finding a cactus filled with buds_image #1.jpg

Cholla bud harvesting begins by finding a cactus filled with buds_image #1

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The cholla buds are boiled to release their oxylic acid and to soften them_image #4.jpg

The cholla buds are boiled to release their oxylic acid and to soften them_image #4

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The thresher separates the seeds or grains from the stalks and husks_image #8.jpg

The thresher separates the seeds or grains from the stalks and husks_image #8

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Dolores Lewis, the thresher, cuts the wheat_image #3.jpg

Dolores Lewis, the thresher, cuts the wheat_image #3

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
At the threshing area, the thresher unloads the bundles from the wagon_image #6.jpg

At the threshing area, the thresher unloads the bundles from the wagon_image #6

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
The wagon goes out to the fields located on the reservation_image #2.jpg

The wagon goes out to the fields located on the reservation_image #2

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The wheat is unloaded to the threshing area_image #7.jpg

The wheat is unloaded to the threshing area_image #7

Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.