Name: Manoomin Gabeshiwin (Wild Rice Camp)
Start: 2025-10-04T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-04T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 209 East Sheridan Street, Ely, MN, United States, Minnesota 55731

Join the Ely Folk School for a hands on lesson on manoomin (wild rice).
Register here: https://elyfolkschool.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/elyfolkschool/event.jsp?event=15887&
𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 4𝘁𝗵, 2025
9:00 𝗔𝗠 - 2:00 𝗣𝗠
𝗧𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: $65 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀: $33
For over 1000 years Manoomin crop in our region has been harvested as a staple food for Indigenous peoples. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝘆, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗷𝗶𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲. Join us for this fun filled day which will include a traditional feast that participants will help prepare.
*𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵! 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Boozhoo, 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘇𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗮𝘇. Minisigabo Nindigoo Ojibwemon. Makwa Ninoondem. I have been teaching in formal settings since age 14. With a bachelors degree in Special Ed, a Masters in Education, and a MN Teaching license in American Indian Language and Culture, I have spent the last 16 years in the classroom and in communities leading all sorts of coursework. I am a tribally endorsed Ojibwe Language and Culture Instructor, by Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. I have extensive work in the field mastering skills in Indigenous harvest, lifestyle, crafts, arts, and music. Presently I serve as the Ojibwe Language and Culture teacher at Nett Lake School and as the Director of Waawaate Programs, a 501c3 Non-Profit that provides programming for Bois Forte, 1854 Treaty Authority, and several other communities around the state in land-based teachings.
Honoring our relationship to the land, our first relative, is an essential part of my process. I have devoted much time to researching traditional learning processes with steady access to elders in order to gain knowledge on pre-colonization techniques and teachings of the Anishinaabeg, Crow, and several other tribal nations.