L’Anse — The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) Natural Resources Department and the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) held the annual Manoomin (wild rice) Camp Saturday to introduce traditional and modern process of ricing and educate participants of the crop’s cultural significance. Around 100 participants, both new and returning participants, prepared rice into an edible state.

The camp was open to both KBIC and non-tribal members who were interested in the camp. Attendees first listened to stories revolving around ricing, including tales which explained how the Anishinaabe people sought wild rice as sustenance. KBOCC Board of Regents member and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission employee Kathleen Smith said the building of relationships within the community

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