Manoomin: Food That Grows on the Water | The Ways

What is the importance of ricing to the Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake?
Fred Ackley Jr. is from the Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake. He harvests and processes manoomin, or wild rice. Learn how his relationship with nature informs his approach physically and spiritually to the harvest.
This resource is part of The Ways, a collection of educational media resources from PBS Wisconsin Education for middle and high school classrooms. The collection explores connections between traditional ways and those of today and expands and challenges current understanding of Native identity and communities through language and culture stories from First Nations communities around the central Great Lakes.
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