Raw Living Foods Made in Small Batches Ancient Superfoods for Poetic Minds Stir it Up! The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. -Chuang Tzu The Pecan is the only major tree nut that is native to North America. The name "Pecan" is a Native American word of Algonquin origin that was used to describe "all nuts requiring a stone to crack".Wilderness Poets