Yet there's no denying the appeal of being out on the lakes during the "wild rice moon," a part of tribal life for some 600 years. Ricing is so central to the Ojibwa it's part of the tribe's ...

Wild rice is an annual plant, meaning it completes its entire life cycle in one growing season ... back hundreds of years to the arrival of the Ojibwe people, who came in search of food that ...

From LeahConnecting with my Ojibwe heritage by learning to harvest wild rice MPR News senior editor Leah Lemm walks with her son Marvin from his school bus stop on Jan. 2. So, she set out with a ...

Over the past 40 years, the amount of Manoomin has decreased by about 50%, wild ... life cycle of Manoomin with scanned images of the real plant and help from a Madison artist to make a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes region of North America for centuries.

An environmental committee hearing at the Minnesota State Capitol veered into religion and protecting the unborn Thursday as lawmakers discussed a bill that would grant inherent rights to the state ...