Arcadia
Manoomin: The Taming of Wild Rice in the Great Lakes Region
Wild rice was “tamed” when domesticated in the 1950s, yet both cultivated and foraged wild rice face shared contemporary challenges.
Wild rice was “tamed” when domesticated in the 1950s, yet both cultivated and foraged wild rice face shared contemporary challenges.
In 1997 and 1998 peat swamp forests burned in Borneo, Indonesia, spewing big amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The Tumu Crisis, a nomadic invasion of the Ming Dynasty in the 1450s, coincided with the Spörer Minimum—a period of cooler-than-average temperatures known for having triggered famines and unrest in Europe.
This article explores the intersection of water management, manomin, and food insecurity for an Anishinaabe community in Northwestern Ontario.
Nepalese manuscripts on rainmaking rituals offer data on droughts in historical climate reconstructions.