An Native American tribe is working to restore wild rice to five eastern Minnesota lakes. The work is being done by The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The band is trying to mimic the ...

That guidance brought the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe here to Minnesota. A view of Manoomin or wild rice after it has been harvested and processed.

In fact, it's the official grain of Minnesota! Wild rice is the edible, long grain portion of the grass. It is typically dark brown or black in color, with a thicker hull on the outside which ...

A campaign launching this year asks the state of Minnesota to recognize legal rights for wild rice, as the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the 1855 Treaty Authority have done. Leanna Goose is an ...