Its history is rooted in being a dietary staple of the Native Americans living in this region. These days, most of the wild rice available in the supermarket is specially cultivated in Minnesota ...

That film, “Finding Manoomin: A Search for the Spirit of Wild Rice” aired on TPT on Nov. 27 and 28, and will be available for on-demand viewing here, as part of Native American Heritage Month.

Unlike commercially grown wild rice—which is crossbred for hardiness ... In the old days, Native Americans toasted it over fires and stomped on it to remove the husks. The mill parches the ...

It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago and near several ... prior to the arrival of settlers and continued to this day. Adorning the lake are wild rice and wild ...

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.” ...