Your favorite 'local food' trend? Indigenous people invented that 500 years ago.
The Great Lakes and connecting waterways have remained the center of traditional and contemporary economies for centuries. Meet the Ojibwe and a tribe that was relocated to this region—the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin who care for these lands. Natural resources are the Tribes’ main economy, including the famous Red Lake walleye and wild rice lakes.
Cinematography
Great Lakes as living character, not backdrop
Direction
Native voices telling Native stories—radical concept, Hollywood
Production
Walleye fishing footage more gripping than any car chase
Director
Shirley K. Sneve
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wild rice ('manoomin' in Ojibwe) isn't actually rice—it's an aquatic grass seed, and legally protected treaty rights around harvesting it have been fought over in courts for decades.
Director Shirley Sneve (Lakota) spent 30 years in public television fighting to get Native stories told by Native filmmakers—this film is part of that legacy, released through Vision Maker Media.
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