BRAINERD, Minn. - The Mississippi is a behemoth, one of the largest rivers in the world with a muscular current to boot, but - at least in the Rice Lake portion of river - the behemoth's liquid ...

Dave Dykstra, Siren, Wisconsin, has been ricing for more than 65 years. He learned his harvesting and finishing techniques from a member of the Ojibwe tribe who lived near Dykstra when he was growing ...

Each fall, the Ojibwe tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. It's a long process that begins with families in canoes venturing into the tall grasses, where rice is poled and gently ...

We weren't allowed to take our rented canoe onto any of Fond du Lac reservation's ricing lakes -- the low water levels weren't safe for novices like us. Luckily, Fond du Lac resident and author Jim ...

Ricing season lands during late summer at the end of the heat. The rice has been growing steadily and, after bursting to full size just weeks earlier, puts on weight with heavy green and purple heads.

It has been lean harvest this season for wild rice in Wisconsin, but there are still some areas in one part of the state for some last chance ricing this weekend. Ricing season got underway in late ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Wild rice is, without question, the most culturally-important food to Minnesota's Native American people. Wild rice that is growing on pristine northern lakes is now in season. It ...

Each fall, the Ojibwe tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. It's a long process that brings families in canoes into the tall... Ricing Time: Harvesting on the Lakes of White Earth ...