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As the daughter of a Minnesotan and Michigander, I was raised on wild rice. For one, the long-grain marsh grass (not technically a rice) is a Midwestern staple, originally harvested by Native ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since the early ...

SHELBY, Wisconsin — If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked as recent as a decade ago: nothing but open, muddy water.

Leanna Goose and her children reseed wild rice on Leech Lake, where she has been studying the impact of invasive species and strategies for recovering wild rice. She is also working on a 2025 campaign ...

Giiwewag. They are coming home. Manoominikwewag, or harvesting wild rice, is a deep connection back to water and land. Wild rice represents the foundation of a sustainable economy. The Anishinaabe ...

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 ...