Advocates hope White Earth wild rice case will boost ‘rights of nature’
By Dan Gunderson/ MPR News Dale Greene grew up in north-central Minnesota, surrounded by wild rice, called manoomin in the Ojibwe language. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe member says wild rice is an important part of Anishinaabe history and culture. “One of the things that I think is really important in understanding manoomin, and […]
Honoring Manoomin and fighting for its survival
By Winona LaDuke “You can feel the wind talk to the rice.” – Lew Murray, Rice Lake Village. It’s Rice Lake Village on the White Earth reservation – the mother lode of wild rice – Lower Rice Lake. Lew Murray stood in front of the gathering of about two hundred or so people, to greet […]