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Minnesota features more acres of natural wild rice than any other state in the country and, in the 1950s, the University of Minnesota studied wild rice production on a small scale. By 1973, the University officially established a wild rice research program which helped lead to the growth of Minnesota’s commercial wild rice industry.
The Wild Rice Monitoring Handbook is a comprehensive reference for designing wild rice/manoomin surveys. The methods in the guide and handbook are intended to show respect for Native American and First Nation peoples' views of the sacred nature of manoomin.
Force on Wild Rice was charged with reviewing scientific literature to identify information related to the impacts of sulfate or other sulfur compounds or habitat conditions on wild rice, and preparing comments that addressed environmental conditions that contribute to wild rice population declines. The proposed composition
The Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice Council is dedicated to the promotion of the cultivated wild rice industry through leadership, research, and education.
9 lis 2018 · Tribes are seeing declines in wild rice production on their lands and other areas in northeastern Minnesota and Wisconsin where Indians and non-Indians gather it in late summer. “Wild rice is extremely, profoundly important for Native American communities throughout the Great Lakes region,” Ng explained.
16 maj 2022 · The Spirit in the Science: Wild Rice Conservation through Tribal-University Partnerships in Minnesota. Grace van Deelen. May 16, 2022. In 2018, an unlikely partnership formed at the University of Minnesota, called the “Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin” (“First we must consider Manoomin / Psiη”) collaboration.
Native wild rice (Zizania palustris), known as manoomin in Ojibwe, is a culturally significant crop for native peoples across the upper Great Lakes Region. The health and abundance of wild rice across the region is currently in decline, due to stressors such as lake water levels, increasing levels of organic matter inputs, warming winter ...
