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Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Name: Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
Duration: 1 min

Alanis Obomsawin

1979 | 1 min

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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Alanis Obomsawin
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Alanis Obomsawin
executive producer

Robert Verrall

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