Maize: The Origin Story Of Corn

One-pager assignment: Origin stories of “maize” After reading the Cherokee origin story of how corn or “maize” came to be, you will see that you see a much more interesting perspective on its creation rather than the claims that archeologists have came up with to determine maize’s origin. According to archaeologists, maize was developed and cultivated in what would be present day Mexico around 6000 BC. Scientists do not know exactly how maize was first developed, but they know that maize gradually spread from present day Mexico up north into what is now the United States of America, as well as modern day Canada. I personally found the Cherokee origin story of maize to be quite a bit more violent and graphic than I would have ever thought