Minomen Harvest

Film Maker
Robertson, Cathryn
Year
1985
Country
Canada
Language
Format
16mm
Length
6
Genre
documentary
Category
Earth, Ecology, environment, Race + Ethnicity, Work about Women, Work by Women

“Minomen Harvest” is a documentary of the traditional native method of harvesting wild rice which takes place outside the town of Ardock in Ontario. The August harvest begins with cutting the wild rice by hand, then the drying and winowing. No mechanization is used throughout the entire process. The film ends with a sunrise ceremony that honours Mother Earth, the creator of wild rice.

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