BRAINERD, Minn. - The Mississippi is a behemoth, one of the largest rivers in the world with a muscular current to boot, but - at least in the Rice Lake portion of river - the behemoth's liquid ...

Dave Dykstra, Siren, Wisconsin, has been ricing for more than 65 years. He learned his harvesting and finishing techniques from a member of the Ojibwe tribe who lived near Dykstra when he was growing ...

Each fall, the Ojibwe tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. It's a long process that brings families in canoes into the tall... Ricing Time: Harvesting on the Lakes of White Earth ...

We weren't allowed to take our rented canoe onto any of Fond du Lac reservation's ricing lakes -- the low water levels weren't safe for novices like us. Luckily, Fond du Lac resident and author Jim ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Wild rice is, without question, the most culturally-important food to Minnesota's Native American people. Wild rice that is growing on pristine northern lakes is now in season. It ...

It’s Manoominike Giizis, the wild rice making moon on a string of lakes in the heart of Ojibwe country. There is nothing so defining of Ojibwe people, perhaps as the wild rice harvest, and this year ...

It has been lean harvest this season for wild rice in Wisconsin, but there are still some areas in one part of the state for some last chance ricing this weekend. Ricing season got underway in late ...

Each fall, the Ojibwe tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. It's a long process that begins with families in canoes venturing into the tall grasses, where rice is poled and gently ...