Manoomin Gabeshiwin (Wild Rice Camp)

Saturday, October 12, 2024
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuition: $60  Materials: $30
*This class has Sliding Scale options available

For over 1000 years Manoomin crop in our region has been harvested as a staple food for Indigenous peoples. In this class participants will experience a traditional Wild Rice Camp, learning how to dry, parch, jig, and winnow wild rice for use and storage. Join us for this fun filled day which will include a traditional feast that participants will help prepare.

*All materials are provided, including lunch! Students should be prepared to spend class outside. 

About the Instructor: Boozhoo, Ryan Nindizhinikaaz. Minisigabo Nindigoo Ojibwemon. Makwa Ninoondem. I have been teaching in formal settings since age 14. With a bachelors degree in Special Ed, a Masters in Education, and a MN Teaching license in American Indian Language and Culture, I have spent the last 16 years in the classroom and in communities leading all sorts of coursework. I am a tribally endorsed Ojibwe Language and Culture Instructor, by Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. I have extensive work in the field mastering skills in Indigenous harvest, lifestyle, crafts, arts, and music. Presently I serve as the Ojibwe Language and Culture teacher at Nett Lake School and as the Director of Waawaate Programs, a 501c3 Non-Profit that provides programming for Bois Forte, 1854 Treaty Authority, and several other communities around the state in land-based teachings.

Honoring our relationship to the land, our first relative, is an essential part of my process. I have devoted much time to researching traditional learning processes with steady access to elders in order to gain knowledge on pre-colonization techniques and teachings of the Anishinaabeg, Crow, and several other tribal nations.