Mino-Bimadiziwin: The Good Life is a new documentary about contemporary wild rice harvesting on the White Earth Reservation. A viewer comments "Just viewed the documentary on Minnesota's White Earth Reservation. Want to say that it is outstanding. Well done. Being intimately familiar with the White Earth Reservation and some of the people involved in this, I just thought it was wonderful." |
This program focuses on one couple, the Stevens, who are in their late sixties and still hand-harvest wild rice by canoe with traditional wooden rice knockers. Rice Lake, the community they live in, is the site of White Earth's oldest and most flourishing rice camps. Background interviews illuminate both the economic, and the spiritual aspects of this ancient tradition. But, the real delight of this program are the people. Many wonderful and intimate moments show both the struggles and rewards experienced by those who continue to live off the land.
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