A Search for the Spirit of Wild Rice

Finding Manoomin

202427m

DocumentaryHistory

An Ojibwe woman explores the history and spiritual importance of manoomin to the Mille Lacs Band by interviewing tribal elders, visiting a museum, harvesting wild rice by canoe, and preserving her people's legacy for her son.

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Leah Lemm

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Finding Manoomin

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