As many tribal lands face mounting pollution threats and the blunt force of climate change, the Biden administration has promised to incorporate Indigenous knowledge and practices in its overhaul of the nation’s regulatory and permitting regime.
Wild rice is sacred to Indigenous peoples in Minnesota because it’s part of their creation story. But changing climate, invasive species, and pollution are threatening the plant, making it crucial to teach young tribe members how to harvest it.
With an increasingly unpredictable climate across the "Five Freshwater Seas," as the Great Lakes are known, the Ojibwe's ancient wild rice traditions are being undermined.
