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Wild Rice Tool Making Workshop: Presented by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage National Monument, and North House Folk School present

Aug 23, 2024 08:07AM ● By Editor
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From North House Folk School - August 15, 2024


Get Ready for Manoomin Season! Manoominikedaa!

Sure, you've had it in soup, but manoomin (wild rice) is about so much more than a hot dish: it's core to Anishinaabe culture and identity. As the summer wanes, it's time to harvest the food that grows on water, and if you've ever been curious about the harvest and processing of manoomin, you're invited to come and learn in Grand Portage on Friday and Saturday, August 23-24.

Three instructors, Jeff Harper (Leech Lake), Michelle Marion (Akimel O'odham and Anishinaabe, Leech Lake), and Nate Johnson will lead a hands-on workshop to make several sets of community ricing tools that will be available for loan through the Grand Portage Trust Lands.

You are invited to take part in this free experience, makingbawa'iganaak (knockers), gaandakii'igan (ricing poles) and nooshkaachinaagan (winnowing baskets). You will learn about the work being done to protect manoomin, learn to use hand tools and traditional methods to shape cedar, spruce root and birch bark into the items necessary for manoomin harvest. Spend all day or just an hour, and lend a hand in whatever way is needed.

All are welcome (kids too) and encouraged to attend. Lunch will be provided on Friday and Saturday. Registration is not required, but an rsvp is helpful for our planning.

Friday and Saturday, August 23-24 10am-4pm 
Ojibwe Village at the National Monument
All are welcome!

Organized in partnership with the Grand Portage Band, Grand Portage National Monument, and North House Folk School. This work is funded in part by MHC with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund which was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.   

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