Wild Rice Harvesting

Manoomin or psin (wild rice in Ojibwe and Dakota) is an important traditional food for many Indigenous peoples of the region and has been for millennia. Join Pat and Gage Kruse (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) as they go ricing and share harvesting techniques and other information related to wild rice.

Wild Rice Processing: Threshing

A demonstration of how to thresh wild rice, September 1, 2021.

Wild-ricing educational activities organized by the Heart of the Earth Survival School

Wild-ricing educational activities organized by the Heart of the Earth Survival School

Wild-ricing educational activities organized by the Heart of the Earth Survival School. From the 1982–1983 edition of Chimigezi Winage (the school's year book), page 36.

Color image of St. Paul’s Wilder Playground Building designed by Clarence Wigington and built in 1941. Photographed by Paul Nelson on August 15, 2014.

Wilder playground building

St. Paul’s Wilder Playground Building designed by Clarence Wigington and built in 1941. Photographed by Paul Nelson on August 15, 2014.

The Pippin roller coaster at Wildwood, 1927.

Wildwood Park, Wildwood

The Pippin roller coaster at Wildwood, 1927. Photograph by Norton and Peel.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett

Photograph of Minnesota-based publishing magnate Wilford Fawcett, 1925.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with a trapshooting shotgun. Fawcett captained the U.S. trapshooting team at the 1924 Olympics

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with a trapshooting shotgun. Fawcett captained the U.S. trapshooting team at the 1924 Olympics

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett (far right) with Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett (far right) congratulating actors Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan on their marriage, c. 1937.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and his wife, Antoinette Fischer Fawcett

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and Antoinette Fischer Fawcett

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and his wife, Antoinette Fischer Fawcett, at Breezy Point Resort in Crow Wing, 1926.

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