Around August of each year, when temperatures swell in the Great Lakes region, wild rice — or manoomin in the Ojibwe language — begins to flower. Rice stalks can grow as high as 10 feet in the shallow ...

Minnesota state officials have announced plans to conduct further analysis of the impacts of sulfate pollution on wild rice in Minnesota lakes and rivers. The announcement comes amid concerns that ...

Michigan wildlife officials are expanding their work with tribal nations to help restore more wild rice to the state’s lakes and streams. Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) experts and the ...

Roger Labine uses ricing sticks, or knockers, to harvest wild rice on Lake Tawas. Every year as summer ends, Indigenous Michiganders head out onto lakes and rivers to collect wild rice, a staple food ...

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One Detroit, BridgeDetroit and Great Lakes Now collaboration takes viewers to a Michigan rice camp. November is National Native American Heritage Month, and One Detroit teamed up with BridgeDetroit ...

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Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Turkey hunters in the state of Illinois harvested 255 wild turkeys during the fall season from Oct. 18 to 26. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said 294 turkeys ...

Ben’s Original has issued a recall for three of its rice products sold by Amazon, Target, HEB and other retailers due to the possible presence of small stones in the packaging. The company announced ...

(WLUK) -- On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Wisconsin established Wild Rice Week to protect cultural resources. Since 2019, the second Monday in October has been designated as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in ...

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