<P> In the United States , pine nuts are mainly harvested by Native American and Hispano communities , particularly in the Western United States and Southwestern United States , by the Uto - Aztecan Shoshone , Paiute , Navajo , Pueblo , Hopi , Washoe , and Hispanos of New Mexico . Certain treaties negotiated by tribes and laws in Nevada guarantee Native Americans ' right to harvest pine nuts , and the state of New Mexico protects the use of the word piñon for use with pine nuts from certain species of indigenous New Mexican pines . </P>
what is the difference between pine nuts and pinon nuts
pine nuts from certain species of indigenous New Mexican pines