The Rights of Wild Rice
Manoomin (wild rice) now has legal rights. At the close of 2018, the White Earth band of Ojibwe recognized the “Rights of Manoomin” as a part of tribal regulatory authority. The Rights of Manoomin begin to address the inequality [between corporations and indigenous communities], and challenge the inadequacy of U.S. and Canadian legal systems.
Our 2019 Phil Lind Initiative speaker Winona LaDuke addresses Indigenous peoples’ rights to the resources on their land in her latest article in In These Times.
We are welcoming Winona LaDuke to UBC on March 12th, 2019.