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Southern or annual wild rice (Z. aquatica), also an annual, grows in the Saint Lawrence River, the state of Florida, [5] and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. [6] [7] Texas wild rice is a perennial plant found only in a small area along the San Marcos River in central Texas. One species is native to Asia:
Columbus's African American population is largely concentrated in neighborhoods northeast and southeast of Downtown Columbus, as well as areas immediately west and east of Downtown, such as Franklinton and the Near East. Native-born whites and assimilated ethnic Europeans are dispersed throughout the city, with higher concentrations in ...
G Company of the 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment [4] had a large component of bi-racial White Earth Chippewa. [5] Their military service was the result of underhand tactics, Chippewa historians Julia Spears and William Warren report: A group of white citizens of Crow Wing enrolled bi-racial Chippewa as substitutes to fight in their place, as allowed by the Enrollment Act, thus avoiding being ...
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The Wild Rice River enters the county from Clearwater County and flows west through the central part of the county. The White Earth River originates from White Earth Lake on the county's southern border and flows northwest to its confluence with the Wild Rice near Mahnomen. The county terrain consists of low rolling hills, carved with drainages.
The Manomin County Park in Fridley, at the confluence of Rice Creek and the Mississippi River remains near the former Manomin town site. [7] Manomin is a variant spelling of manoomin, the Ojibwe word for wild rice, a staple of their diet. [8] A current Minnesota county, Mahnomen, created in 1906, is similarly named.
Among the heritage ingredients Erdrich explored are mandaamin (corn) and actual wild rice, which the Anishinaabe people call manoomin - a very different creature from the cultivated, hard black rice that bears the name in stores in the area. "The tastes range from astringent and grassy to smoky and nutty," Erdrich explains.