An Ojibwe boy treading wild rice, ca. 1938.

Ojibwe men in a canoe harvesting wild rice, ca. 1915.

St. Croix stamped ceramic vessel containing evidence of wild rice. Created by Native people who lived in the Upper Mississippi region before 640 CE.

Wild rice growing at Nett Lake. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy, September 1, 1946. Minnesota Historical Society, Collection I.69.121.

Tenth- and eleventh-grade students with a teacher at the Heart of the Earth Survival School in Minneapolis. From the 1982–1983 edition of Chimigezi Winage (the school's yearbook), page 11.

Students with the drum used in their drum circle at the Heart of the Earth Survival School, Minneapolis. From the 1982–1983 edition of Chimigezi Winage (the school's yearbook), page 43.

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.

Activities at the Heart of the Earth Survival School in Minneapolis. From the 1982–1983 edition of Chimigezi Winage (the school's yearbook), page 36.

Students at the Heart of the Earth Survival School in Minneapolis. From the 1982–1983 edition of Chimigezi Winage (the school's yearbook), page 33.

Pre-school and kindergarten students on Hat Day at the Heart of the Earth Survival School in Minneapolis. From the 1982–1983 edition of Chimigezi Winage (the school's yearbook), page 32.