Leanna Goose grew up ricing manoomin (wild rice) as a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.  “Wild rice is culturally ...

Lake Onalaska, a large reservoir of the river, is one such place. In the 1980s, there were a few stands of wild rice on the lake, said Marc Schultz, chairman of the Lake Onalaska Protection and ...

Leanna Goose, who is one of the facilitators of Rise & Repair and is a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe said she is also hopeful a bill to protect wild rice will pass. “We have to ...

Over the past 40 years, the amount of Manoomin has decreased by about 50%, wild rice technician at Trout Lake Station Sagen Quale said. Manoomin is Ojibwe for wild rice and translates to “good berry.” ...

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 ...

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Adorning the lake are wild rice and wild onion, both of which hold a special place within each tribe. The onion plant is native to the Chicago area and can be attributed to its naming. Wild rice is a ...

The marker placement is planned near the Orchard Beach boat landing, an area that was once an Ojibwe village before tribal members were pushed to relocate to the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation. Rice ...

Central to their platform and message is saving the state grain — wild rice, manoomin in the Ojibwe language, psin in Dakota.