In the late summer of 2023, thick stands of wild rice stood tall and shimmered gold in some of Lac du Flambeau’s lakes. The ...
So, the tribe decided to help it along by transplanting wild rice seed from Ojibwe reservations in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. Wild rice had once been abundant in the Oneida and ...
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support its wild rice production industry in Cass Lake.
Wild rice, or manoomin in Ojibwe, is vulnerable to shifting water levels during its development, and high winds can flatten emergent plants. “A mild winter … coupled with heavy storms in mid ...
People gathering wild rice from Minnesota’s third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed ...
People gathering wild rice from Minnesota’s third-largest lake ... most recently the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and remains ...
People gathering wild rice from Minnesota's third-largest lake ... most recently the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and remains periodically are found in the area, said the tribe’s police chief ...