Michigan's Indigenous communities harvest wild rice, or manoomin, every year as part of their cultural heritage and ...

Wild rice is the centerpiece of the food, culture, economy and tradition of the Ojibwe people. Every fall, tribal members pole through the tall grasses in canoes, harvesting the rice by hand. With its ...

CASS LAKE, Minn. — The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe was recently awarded $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to build a wild rice processing facility ...

Note: Earthy and warming, a bowl of this soup will chase the chill on a cold or damp night. A little smoked turkey adds a lot of flavor; ham or cooked sausage work equally well. Be sure to use ...

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 ...