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Indigenous|led monitoring protects wild rice in Great Lakes region


Indigenous-led monitoring protects wild rice in Great Lakes region

AI-enabled sensors support culturally responsive environmental monitoring of wild rice ecosystems and advance Indigenous sovereignty.

Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back ...

Wild rice or manoomin is an ecologically important and culturally revered wetland species native to the Great Lakes region of the United ...

Supporting the Development of System Resilience Indicators for ...

This project will help to provide technical assistance and support for the protection of wild rice (manoomin in Anishinaabemowin) that is ...

Protecting A Sacred Resource: Wild Rice Restoration Efforts Take ...

In natural expanses of shallow water throughout the Great Lakes region grows a sacred plant at risk from climate change, fluctuating water ...

Collaborative Great Lakes Manoomin Project - ArcGIS StoryMaps

Manoomin (Ojibwe for wild rice) is one of the few grains native to North America. It is an annual aquatic grass that grows in the muddy beds of shallow lakes ...

Culture, conservation thrive as Great Lakes Tribes bring back wild rice

In late 2023, Michigan recognized wild rice as the state's native grain after years of tribes pursuing protections for it. Labine says he hopes ...

Northwestern partners with Indigenous scientists to conserve Great ...

By partnering with Indigenous and Native American scientists, conservation agencies and government agencies, the team will focus on manoomin ( ...

Minnesota Tribe Sets Enforceable Rules To Safeguard Wild Rice ...

The lakes and the magnificent bounty of wild rice still form the spiritual foundation of a culture, economy, and way of life for the tribe, ...

Exchanging Knowledge to Protect Manoomin

Manoomin (wild rice) is an essential, sacred species for Native people throughout the Upper Great Lakes region, who have relied on the plant for food and ...

Teaching sustainable harvest skills for wild rice on Lake Superior

In the only available wild rice spot on Lake Superior, Natives from different nations gather for the wild rice harvest season. The Great ...

Bringing back 'the good berry' – efforts to restore manoomin ...

In the Great Lakes region, manoomin plays a major role in the Indigenous food sovereignty movement. Manoomin is an important part of Michigan's ...

Wild Rice Project - St. Louis River Alliance

Wild rice is sacred to the Ojibwe people who still live in the Great Lakes region. BydlonAndrew_SLRA-0017.jpg. Role in Ecosystem. Wild Rice is an importance ...

Efforts to Restore Native Wild Rice in the St. Louis River Estuary

Northern wild rice is an ecologically and culturally important part of the Great Lakes landscape. It serves as a food source and breeding ...

How Scientists Can Bring Wild Rice Back to Indigenous People

The Manoomin project is a great example of the collaborative nature of the work being conducted at IISD-ELA. A lot of incredible things can ...

Lake Superior Manoomin cultural and ecosystem characterization ...

Manoomin, wild rice, is integral to the culture, livelihood, and identity of the Anishinaabeg, the indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States that ...

Research collaborative prioritizes Indigenous knowledge to better ...

Research collaborative prioritizes Indigenous knowledge to better protect wild rice ... Joe Graveen with the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior ...

Michigan Wild Rice Initiative works toward Statewide Tribal-State ...

Found in shallow waters of inland lakes, slow-flowing streams, and Great Lakes embayments, wild rice has ecological, social, cultural and ...

The Effects of Wild Rice Water Quality Rule Changes on Tribal Health

Many tribes across this region of the western Great Lakes are zealously working to protect and restore the remaining stands of wild rice on their reservations ...

Wild Rice - Manoomin - Minnesota Sea Grant

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.

Indigenous Organization Helps Prepare for Climate Change on ...

The manoomin study is combining mainstream Western science with traditional ecological knowledge, Croll said. This allows researchers to ...