[PCA] NEWS: Uncertainty about 800 year old seed

[Haidet, Margaret (Megan)]

Thanks to the multiple folks who have heard this story before and were able
to refer another story rebuking the facts in the first story.

Further digging into the story reveals that the seeds came from elderly
gardeners on theMiami Nation of Indiana <http://www.miamiindians.org/>, who
gifted them in 1995 to David Wrone, an emeritus professor at the University
of Wisconsin. The seeds had not lain dormant for centuries, Wrone said, but
the Miami people had grown them for as long as 5,000 years. . .
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/12/03/shocking-true-story-giant-squash-162639

There are also comments in this story citing National Parks Service NAGPRA
documentation that seeds were part of funerary objects found at a cite in
WI but there is not enough evidence to link this document to the original
story (http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/fed_notices/nagpradir/nic1804.html).

Note original story:
http://www.cfweradio.ca/on-air/blogs/dustin-mcgladrey-351668/entry/471/

*Lesson learned: Take everything with a grain of salt - just because its on
the radio or referred to you by a colleague doesn't mean its true.*

Megan Haidet
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator
Seeds of Success
202-912-7233

www.blm.gov/sos
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