Actual rice is cultivated in paddies — quite different from wild rice. Since it grows in the wild, harvesting it is a bit more labor-intensive. If we're talking about looks: its grains are ...

When you harvest your spring turkey, you’ll want to tap this recipe to use those extra bits and pieces of meat you can ...

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 ...

The Ojibwe call wild rice manoomin. Manoomin: Harvesting and preparing in the Ojibwe tradition Wild rice is still collected by many people in the traditional way it was years ago. In the early ...

Boozhoo. I’m Leah Lemm, citizen of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. I’m the senior editor of the Native News initiative at MPR News. I’m excited to share our new film, “Finding Manoomin: A ...

For the Ojibwe people, harvesting this rice means much more ... More from So Expensive Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people ...

Episode 28 is with Nancy Jones, elder from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations in Ontario. She shares cultural teachings in ...

Manoomin is Ojibwe for wild rice and translates to “good berry.” But many families and tribal communities rely on it for food sovereignty and to last them through the winter until the next harvest ...

To aid in restoration across the state, the Michigan Wild Rice Initiative, comprising tribes indigenous to the Great Lakes ...

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