Mari Raphael News Today

According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starting in the late 1800s, manoomin’s decline was fast and widespread. And just like the plant itself, a lot of knowledge around harvesting practices has been lost. Some Anishinaabek are changing that.

1 of 6 Nurse Practitioner Sandra Handysides delivers a COVID-19 vaccine to Mari Raphael, RN, at the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Health Clinic on Wednesday. Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump Nurse Practitioners Sandra Handysides, front, and Kim Oldenburg prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Health Clinic on Wednesday. Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump People watch as the first COVID-19 vaccines ar...