Ojibwe rice harvest is latest test of treaty limits in Minnesota

Harvesters gathered approximately 50 pounds of wild rice from Birch Lake on Sept 20, 2013. A group is planning a wild rice harvest outside Nisswa Thursday that is outside the bounds of state law and DNR policy -- but that the group says is within the bounds of a 19th century treaty with the U.S.
Dan Kraker | MPR News 2013
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