Manoomin: Michigan's Native Grain

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Michigan Manoomin (Wild Rice) is as historically synonymous with Anishinaabek culture in the Great Lakes region as wigwams or the oral tradition. 

• Manoomin Letter of Support

• SB 802 - "Manoomin (Zizania palustris and Zizania aquatica), also known as Michigan wild rice, is designated as the official native grain of this state. Let it be known that Manoomin is a sacred and important component to many wetlands and has a cultural significance to the indigenous people of this state."

• HB 6323 - designate Manoomin as the official Native Grain of Michigan

• HB-6323 talking points

• MI.GOV

  • Great Lakes Marsh and Inland Emergent Wetlands - mention of wild rice as ecologically important

  • Status of the fisheries in the Michigan waters of the Lake Erie and Lake St Clair - implied inportance of wild rice to normal fisheries

ARTICLES

• Conveners of Responsibilites,  Kyle Powys Whyte, PhD

• Advocates hope White Earth wild rice case will boost 'rights of nature', 9/1/21

• The Revitalization of Michigan’s Sacred Grain, 5/27/21

• Enbridge’s Line 3 Is Putting Wild Rice at Risk—and Indigenous Water Protectors Are Taking a Stand, 3/18/21

• Line 3 Impact on Wild Rice Fields in Northern Minnesota, 3/3/21

• The True Story of Wild Rice, North America’s Most Misunderstood Grain, 8/6/19

• Manoomin: Michigan’s spiritual wild rice, Barbara Barton, 7/12/18

RESOURCES

• Native Wild Rice Coalition (organizes Manoomin camps)

• Wild Rice in Michigan, Barbara Barton, Roger LaBine

• Restoring and Monitoring Lake Superior Coastal Wetland Manoomin

• Manoomin Camp spreads Ojibwe wild rice culture

• Manoomin The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan, Barbara Barton

• Kalamazoo River Disaster

WHERE TO BUY MANOOMIN

• Ziibimijwang Farm