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DULUTH — Ritual Salad and Apothecary has relocated to a larger space in the Lakeside neighborhood and reopened on Wednesday, ...
Outsiders may not get the appeal, but these quirky Minnesota favorites are part of the state’s delicious tradition.
From hotdish and lefse to wild rice soup and Jell-O salad, Minnesota cuisine is a blend of Scandinavian ... Growing naturally in the northern forests, these tiny berries require effort to ...
An origin story, a teacher of life, a relative, and a source of crucial nutrition, manoomin now has a new protector. Once covering much of Michigan’s inland lakes and streams, the wild rice (also ...
She shares cultural teachings in Ojibwemowin and English about “new” rice and the wild rice harvest. She also talks about northern lights, and traditional ways of thinking about the aurora.
Harvesting and preparing wild rice takes skill and patience. 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 permitting fees help pay for the DNR’s wild rice management. Ricing season has defined dates and it’s illegal to harvest unripe, or “green,” rice.
We journey through the time-honored tradition of wild rice harvesting, known as manoomin. In this episode of Native Report, we journey through the time-honored tradition of wild rice harvesting ...
A campaign launching this year asks the state of Minnesota to recognize legal rights for wild rice, as the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the 1855 Treaty Authority have done.
If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked as recent as a decade ago: nothing but open, ...
A wild rice bed grows Sept. 17 on the upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby. After disappearing for decades, wild rice is rebounding on parts of the upper river.