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Daily Archives: September 20, 2009

Harvesting Wild Rice in the Boundary Waters

BWCA BlogBy Jason ZabokrtskySeptember 20, 2009

Today we paddled back in time and harvested wild rice by canoe in the BWCAW. Mirroring the traditional ways of the Sioux and Chippewa in this region, we paddled and portaged our canoe to a wild rice stand. The above video shows us using smooth wooden poles, called flails, to tap off the ripe grains…

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