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    [As George Coon beats the rice, grains drop in the water, seeding next year's crop and providing food for migrating ducks. In this manner, the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe) have been practising natural conser ... [View full title] vation for centuries]. Original title: The hollow-stemmed wild rice, called menomin by the Ojibwa, grows from three to five feet or more high in water-depths of eighteen to twenty-four inches were the bottom is soft, silty mud. As George Coon beats the rice, grains drop in the water, seeding next year's crop and providing food for migrating ducks. In this manner, the Ojibwas have been practising natural conservation for centuries

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    Item ID number:
    5357686
    Date:
    1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    [As George Coon beats the rice, grains drop in the water, seeding next year's crop and providing food for migrating ducks. In this manner, the Anishinaabeg 
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    The rice is winnowed in a birch-bark basket by Jessie Coon

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    Item ID number:
    5357679
    Date:
    1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    The rice is winnowed in a birch-bark basket by Jessie Coon. Photograph depicts part of the annual manomin (wild rice) harvest by the Lac Courte Oreilles 
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    From the bags the rice is turned by hand before going into the parcher

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    Item ID number:
    5357685
    Date:
    8 October 1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    From the bags the rice is turned by hand before going into the parcher. Photograph depicts part of the processing method of manomin (wild rice)
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    From the lake the rice is taken to the plant to be weighed

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    Item ID number:
    5357674
    Date:
    8 October 1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    From the lake the rice is taken to the plant to be weighed. Photograph depicts the manomin (wild rice) harvest. Credit: Winnipeg Free Press / Library and 
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    Jerome Mike and his grandfather, John Barber fill 70-pound bags from the canoe-full. Each canoe could make about $50 a day at 45 cents a pound for green rice

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    Item ID number:
    5357676
    Date:
    1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    Jerome Mike and his grandfather, John Barber fill 70-pound bags from the canoe-full. Each canoe could make about $50 a day at 45 cents a pound for green 
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    Jerome Mike and his grandfather, John Barber fill 70-pound bags from the canoe-full. Each canoe could make about $50 a day at 45 cents a pound for green rice

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    Item ID number:
    5357681
    Date:
    1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    Jerome Mike and his grandfather, John Barber fill 70-pound bags from the canoe-full. Each canoe could make about $50 a day at 45 cents a pound for green 
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    Rice is bagged in 100-pound sacks, ready for shipment

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    Item ID number:
    5357687
    Date:
    [ca. 1960]
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    Rice is bagged in 100-pound sacks, ready for shipment. Photograph depicts part of the annual manomin (wild rice) harvest by the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway 
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    Paul Wainus tramps the parched rice in the time-honoured way to separate husks from grain. New moccasins are the traditional wear for this process

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    Item ID number:
    5357682
    Date:
    1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    Paul Wainus tramps the parched rice in the time-honoured way to separate husks from grain. New moccasins are the traditional wear for this process
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    The rice is kept in the parcher for about an hour to loosen the hulls, then piled ready for the huller

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    Item ID number:
    5357675
    Date:
    8 October 1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    The rice is kept in the parcher for about an hour to loosen the hulls, then piled ready for the huller. Photograph depicts part of the processing method of 
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    Canoes glide back and forward on the lake while the man in the stern beats the rice into the bottom of the boat

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    Item ID number:
    5357672
    Date:
    8 October 1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    Canoes glide back and forward on the lake while the man in the stern beats the rice into the bottom of the boat. Photograph depicts the manomin (wild rice) 
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    Bill Williams stacks the finished product to await shipment

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    Item ID number:
    5357673
    Date:
    8 October 1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    Bill Williams stacks the finished product to await shipment. Photograph depicts Bill Williams stacking backs of manomin (wild rice)
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    As rice piles up in the canoe it generates heat. John Barber and his grandson Jerome Mike loosen the heap

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    Item ID number:
    5357677
    Date:
    1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    As rice piles up in the canoe it generates heat. John Barber and his grandson Jerome Mike loosen the heap. Photograph depicts part of the annual manomin 
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    The picker bends the rice over the side with one stick while knocking the heads off with another

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    Item ID number:
    5357671
    Date:
    8 October 1960
    Source:
    Government
    Reference:
    R216, RG10, Box number: 3676
    The picker bends the rice over the side with one stick while knocking the heads off with another. Photograph depicts the manomin (wild rice) harvest
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