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Wednesday, November 5, 2003

"Wild rice is a kitchen-cabinet staple for many families in my native Minnesota, and a food of spiritual importance for some who have been there the longest. For hundreds of years, the Ojibwe and other Midwestern Indian tribes celebrated the harvest of "manoomin" in late August and September, then used the highly nutritious grain to supplement their diet throughout the brutal winter months that followed."

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It Isn't Rice and It Isn't Always Wild (The Washington Post 11/5)

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