Seeding stories: Manoomin and Anishinaabeg relations

Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe people) of Waasaaganing (Lac du Flambeau) discuss the vital role of Manoomin in the local ecology of the Great Lakes and in their Tribal Nations.

Sagen Lily Quale

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Biodiversity, Conservation, Food, Storyfest 2025, Water

The relationship between Manoomin and Anishinaabeg is strong through generations of knowledge transfer, but the decline in Manoomin from the settler colonial system and increasing climate change poses a threat to that relationship. By Anishinaabeg continuing to carry on the legacy of generational stewardship, they are actively combatting outside forces that have attempted to weaken that relationship.

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