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Wild Rice and the Ojibway People - by Thomas Vennum (Paperback)

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  • Explores in detail the technology of harvesting and processing the grain, the important place of wild rice in Ojibway ceremony and legend, including the rich social life of the traditional rice camps, and the volatile issues of treaty rights.
  • About the Author: Thomas Vennum, Jr., is senior ethnomusicologist, Office of Folklife Programs at the Smithsonian Institution and author of The Ojibway Dance Drum: Its History and Construction.
  • 368 Pages
  • Social Science, Ethnic Studies

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About the Book



Examines in detail the technology of harvesting and processing the grain, the important place of wild rice in Ojibway ceremony and legend, including the rich social life of the traditional rice camps, and the volatile issues of treaty rights.



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Explores in detail the technology of harvesting and processing the grain, the important place of wild rice in Ojibway ceremony and legend, including the rich social life of the traditional rice camps, and the volatile issues of treaty rights.

Wild rice has always been essential to life in the Upper Midwest and neighboring Canada. In this far-reaching book, Thomas Vennum Jr. uses travelers' narratives, historical and ethnological accounts, scientific data, historical and contemporary photographs and sketches, his own field work, and the words of Native people to examine the importance of this wild food to the Ojibway people. He details the technology of harvesting and processing, from seventeenth-century reports though modern mechanization. He explains the important place of wild rice in Ojibway ceremony and legend and depicts the rich social life of the traditional rice camps. And he reviews the volatile issues of treaty rights and litigations involving Indian problems in maintaining this traditional resource.

A staple of the Ojibway diet and economy for centuries, wild rice has now become a gourmet food. With twentieth-century agricultural technology and paddy cultivation, white growers have virtually removed this important source of income from Indigenous hands. Nevertheless, the Ojibway continue to harvest and process rice each year. It remains a vital part of their social, cultural, and religious life.



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"Highly recommended. Anyone interested in wild rice and the Ojibwa peoples will find the work exciting." -- American Anthropologist



About the Author



Thomas Vennum, Jr., is senior ethnomusicologist, Office of Folklife Programs at the Smithsonian Institution and author of The Ojibway Dance Drum: Its History and Construction.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.04 Inches (H) x 6.07 Inches (W) x .91 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.31 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Ethnic Studies
Genre: Social Science
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Theme: Native American Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas Vennum
Language: English
Street Date: July 15, 1988
TCIN: 83283417
UPC: 9780873512268
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-1729
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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