Crafting a pushpole - Native Wild Rice Coalition

Traditional ricers Roger LaBine and Charlie Fox demonstrate how to craft a push pole for ricing. Filmed at Lac Vieux Desert and Tubbs Lake Wild Rice camps in 2008 and 2009. The Coalition has invested time, energy and resources over the past three years in sharing and transferring the wild rice camp experiential learning program. In 2007, funding was secured to sponsor regional participation in the Minnesota wild rice camp and, thereby, transfer knowledge to other individuals and tribal communities across the region. In 2008, an inaugural rice camp was held in Lac Vieux Desert, and in 2009, rice camps were held in Michigan at Tubbs Lake and Lac Vieux Desert. The camp at Tubbs Lake represents the first camp in central Michigan in approximately two centuries. Wild rice camps at Tubbs Lake and Lac Vieux Desert are currently being planned for 2010.

Our Mission:
The Native Wild Rice Coalition will sustain, restore, and protect native wild rice communities in the Great Lakes Region and promote understanding of the cultural and natural values of wild rice.


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Education

Tags:

• wild rice
• canoe
• push poles
• Lac Vieux Desert
• rice camp
• Roger Labine
• Charlie Fox
• Native Wild Rice Coalition
• Barb Barton