The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a state agency’s decision to deny an iron ore mine and processing plant’s request to ...

The court sided with the MPCA, which rejected U.S. Steel's request to allow sulfate levels nearly eight times higher than the standard for wild rice waters in Hay Lake.

For instance, all wild rice harvesters in Minnesota are now required to be ... Ricing season has defined dates and it’s illegal to harvest unripe, or “green,” rice. Martignacco said he ...

From LeahConnecting with my Ojibwe heritage by learning to harvest wild rice MPR ... Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe here to Minnesota. A view of Manoomin or wild rice after it has been harvested ...

In fact, it's the official grain of Minnesota! Wild rice is the ... Water is used to flood rice fields in order to harvest the grain, not to grow it. Wild rice actually grows in the water and ...

While much of wild rice grows naturally, you are required to procure a license from the Minnesota DNR to harvest it. Then, after collecting the rice, it must be dried, roasted, hulled, and stored.

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 ...