Mistrustful of the Department of Natural Resources' oversight of mushroom hunting and berry picking, a group of Minnesota ...

Episode 28 is with Nancy Jones, elder from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations in Ontario. She shares cultural teachings in ...

In fact, it's the official grain of Minnesota! Wild rice is the ... Water is used to flood rice fields in order to harvest the grain, not to grow it. Wild rice actually grows in the water and ...

From LeahConnecting with my Ojibwe heritage by learning to harvest wild rice MPR ... Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe here to Minnesota. A view of Manoomin or wild rice after it has been harvested ...

Sulfate from acid rain, sewage treatment plants, mines and bacteria is creating a harmful byproduct affecting wild rice in Minnesota. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and University of Minnesota ...

Manoomin is Ojibwe for wild rice and translates to “good berry.” But many families and tribal communities rely on it for food sovereignty and to last them through the winter until the next harvest ...