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Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Alanis Obomsawin

1979 1 min

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Wild rice is an important source of food and revenue for many Anishinaabe people, who sometimes travel hundreds of kilometres to harvest the grain in the region around Kenora, Ontario. Directed by Alanis Obomsawin as part of the Canada Vignettes series.

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  Canada Vignettes

  1978 43 films

  Discover this series of classic shorts exploring every facet of Canadian culture and history.

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Wild rice is an important source of food and revenue for many Anishinaabe people, who sometimes travel hundreds of kilometres to harvest the grain in the region around Kenora, Ontario. Directed by Alanis Obomsawin as part of the Canada Vignettes series.

See also

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)

Agriculture

Food and Food Industries

Canada - Images of a Country

All subjects

Indigenous Cinema

Credits

• director
  Alanis Obomsawin
  
• script
  Alanis Obomsawin
  
• executive producer
  Robert Verrall
  

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