Farming Practices of Settlers
This file appears in: Camas on the Plateau
The farming practices of settlers destroyed the camas crops. Photo courtesy of Spokane Public Library's Ned M. Barnes Northwest Room Digital Archives.
This file appears in: Camas on the Plateau
Camas on the Plateau
Every spring, many of the meadows of the eastern Washington and northern Idaho are dotted with the blue flowers of the camas plant, cammasia quamash. To the Native peoples of the Columbia Plateau these flowers indicated food, marking the nutritious…
