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Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus Zizania, and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically and is still gathered and eaten in North America and, to a lesser extent, China , [ 2 ] where the plant's stem is used ...
Manomin County was a county in Minnesota that existed separately for 13 years from 1857 to 1869. [1] The land was originally split off from Ramsey County. [2] When it was formed, it was the smallest county in the United States at roughly 16 square miles. [3]
Manoomin: 2023 [66] [67] Minnesota State berry Blueberry Minnesota State pop (soda) Orange Minnesota State tree Red pine Minnesota: State grain: Wild rice: 1977 [68] State mushroom: Morel: 1984 [68] State muffin: Blueberry muffin: 1988 [68] State fruit: Honeycrisp apple: 2006 [68] Mississippi: State Fruit: Blueberry: 2023 [69] Missouri: State ...
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Wild rice, called manoomin in Ojibwe language, grows on many of the waterways on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation. Citizens of the Reservation still harvest it in the traditional way and it is one of the staples of the community.
Due to its habitat and proximity to Madeline Island, Bad River is of major importance to the Ojibwe Nation. People from all over Ojibwe Country come for the annual August Celebration of the manoomin, or wild rice harvest. On the northern border of the Reservation, the elevation tends to be between 600 and 700 feet (180 and 210 m) above sea level.
Mahnomen is in the western part of its county, along U.S. Route 59, which leads north 25 miles (40 km) to Erskine and south 36 miles (58 km) to Detroit Lakes.State Highway 200 passes just north of the city limits, leading west 28 miles (45 km) to Ada and east 77 miles (124 km) to Walker.
Mahnomen County – from Ojibwe manoomin: wild rice [39] [40] [41] Shared with the city of Mahnomen; Otter Tail County – named for Otter Tail Lake and Otter Tail River, which take their names from an English translation of the Ojibwe name Nigigwanowe: "Otter Tail" [42] [43] [44]