Imagine standing at the edge of a shimmering northern lake, the hush of morning broken only by the gentle rustle of tall wild ...

Leah Lemm, a citizen of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, practices her culture in many ways. She’s been slowly learning Ojibwemowin, the Ojibwe language. She helps share Native stories in her work ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes region of North America for centuries.

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.” ...

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 ...

Unlike commercially grown wild rice—which is crossbred for hardiness, raised in paddies and harvested with combines—the Ojibwa's grows naturally, in muddy shallows. Called manoomin in Ojibwa ...

Her research seminar at the University of Wisconsin focused on Manoomin/Psiη, a wild rice for Native people in the Great Lakes region. When Ng started her career, there was a heated debate over ...