Peach Seed Game

Peach Seed Game
One of the four sacred ceremonies of the Iroquois, the Green Corn Celebration, is centered around the Peach Seed Game. The game is played to amuse the Maker at the Celebration of Thanksgiving. The game is played with peach seeds in a wooden bowl. The seeds are charred black on one side and naturally light on the other. The seeds are "bumped" in the bowl so that they come up one color or the other. Score is kept according to the play with beans. When a player wins the play he gets a bean. The side to win all the beans is the winner. When the game is over, so is the Celebration. The shortest festival was 45 minutes and the longest was 6 weeks.

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