Sierra Clark, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Oct. 2—TRAVERSE CITY — Stable in her stance, Tera John slid her canoe through the thick mats of a manoomin (wild rice) bed on a vast lake in ...

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.” ...

Gunnar Nelson, of Brimley, works on using handmade cedar manoomin "wild rice" knockers to pull in plants and tap them, causing the ripened wild rice grains to fall into a canoe as Bay Mills Community ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Wild rice — or Manoomin as the Ojibwe call it — is one of the Midwest's most sacred plants. But extreme weather, from record snow to destructive floods, is having tangible consequences ...

EAST LANSING, MI – There’s a new plan to help restore and protect Michigan’s remaining native wild rice beds. Michigan’s wild rice, or manoomin stewardship plan was discussed in depth on Jan. 24 ...

Oct. 2—TRAVERSE CITY — Stable in her stance, Tera John slid her canoe through the thick mats of a manoomin (wild rice) bed on a vast lake in Northern Michigan. Her 15-foot carved cedar pole held her ...