Oral tradition says a prophecy was fulfilled when the Anishinaabeg — also known as Chippewa and Ojibwe people — left their East Coast home and found abundant wild rice growing in Lake Superior’s wetlands. Wild rice, known as manoomin, is one of the first foods the Anishinaabeg feed their babies and a traditional dish for funeral mourners. Many factors have disrupted tribal harvests, but the tribes and NOAA’s Great Lakes state coastal management programs and research reserves are working with a l