Note: We plan to offer 30-minute breaks throughout the day to facilitate flexibility, connection, and transition.

Breakfast & Morning Plenary Sessions

• • 7:30am  |  Breakfast & Registration  (Otter Creek Hall)

  • 9:00am  |  Opening Ceremony, Invocation, and Welcome (Otter Creek Hall)

    • Invocation

    • Drummers: Cedar Creek Drum

    • Welcome:

      • Kathleen W. Smith, GLIFWC & KBIC

      • Nancy Schuldt, Fond du Lac Office of Water Protection

      • Jennifer Ballinger, USDA Forest Service

    • A special message from Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan

  • 10:00am  |  Elder Panel & Plenary Listening Session (Otter Creek Hall)

    • Moderator: Kathleen W. Smith, GLIFWC & KBIC

    • Roger D. LaBine, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

    • Vern Northrup, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Lunch

• • 11:30am  |  Lunch (Otter Creek Hall)

Video: “Gitigaaning: 'The Place of the Gardens’”
Erika L. Resendiz Alonso,  Bimaaji'idiwin Garden Program and Producer Training Program

Concurrent Knowledge-Sharing Panels - Session 1 (choose one)

• • 1:00 pm | Harvesting and Processing Manoomin/Psíŋ - Past, Present, & Future (Stoney Brook)

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• • • Moderator: Kathleen W. Smith, GLIFWC and KBIC

    • Donald L. Chosa, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Board of Regents, KBIC, & Bois Forte Band of Chippewa

    • Karlene Chosa, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa

    • Todd Haley, Lac du Flambeau Band of Ojibwe

    • Deb Connell, Ricing Partner

  • 1:00pm  | Manoomin/Psíŋ, Climate Change, and Collaboration (Fond du Lac)

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• • • Moderator: Madeline L. Nyblade, University of Minnesota

    • Rob Croll, GLIFWC

    • Joe Graveen, Lac du Flambeau Tribal Natural Resources Department

    • Brandon Krumwiede, NOAA Office for Coastal Management

  • 1:00pm  |  Monitoring: Canoes, Drones, Planes, and Satellites! Assessing Wild Rice with Imagery (Otter Creek Hall)

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• • • Moderator: Annette Drewes, Wild Rice Connections

    • Moderator: Josh M. Knopik, Minnesota DNR

    • Darren Vogt, 1854 Treaty Authority

    • Joshua P. Jones, Red Lake DNR

    • Mitchell (Sonny) Johnson, Red Lake DNR

    • Lucas Spaete, Minnesota DNR

    • Molly Shoberg, Minnesota DNR

Concurrent Knowledge-Sharing Panels - Session 2 (choose one)

• • 2:45pm  |  The Good Life Harvesting Manoomin/Psíŋ (Fond du Lac)

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• • • Moderator: Arianna V. Northbird, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

    • Zhaashiigid Nooding, WETCC

    • Gerald Niizhoogaabo White, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

    • Raining White, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - Division of Resource Management

    • Meghan M. Mitchell, Finland Wild Rice Project

  • 2:45pm  |  Monitoring: Working Together for Manoomin/Psíŋ (Otter Creek Hall)

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• • • Moderator: Annette Drewes, Wild Rice Connections

    • Moderator: Josh M. Knopik, Minnesota DNR

    • Jennifer Ballinger, USDA Forest Service

    • Amy Myrbo, Amiable Consulting & St. Croix Watershed Research Station

    • Frank Zomer, Bay Mills Indian Community

Afternoon & Evening Programming

• • 4:15pm  |  Talking Circle (Fond du Lac & Stoney Brook)

    • Rob Croll, GLIFWC

    • Kathleen W. Smith, GLIFWC & KBIC

  • 6:30pm  |  Honoring Manoomin•Psíŋ Feast & Keynote  (Otter Creek Hall)

    • Peter F. David, GLIFWC (retired): "Connecting Cultures to Steward Manoomin/Psíŋ"

  • 7:30pm  |  Dessert & Coffee during Poster & Exhibitor Session (Otter Creek Hall & Hallway)

Note: We plan to offer 30-minute breaks throughout the day to facilitate flexibility, connection, and transition.

Breakfast & Morning Plenary Sessions

• • 7:30am  |  Breakfast (Otter Creek Hall)

  • 8:30am  |  Invocation and Welcome (Otter Creek Hall)

    • Welcome and Reflections from Monday

      • Kathleen W. Smith, GLIFWC and KBIC

      • Nancy Schuldt, Fond du Lac Office of Water Protection

      • Jennifer Ballinger, USDA Forest Service

  • 9:00am  |  Wild Rice Management and Restoration (Otter Creek Hall)

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• • • Moderator: Melissa Thompson, Minnesota DNR

    • Carly Lapin, Wisconsin DNR

    • Tom Howes, Fond du Lac Resource Management

    • Tony Havranek, WSB

Concurrent Workshops - 1st Rotation (choose one)

• • 10:45am  | Manoomin Medicine Wheel Talking Circle (Otter Creek Hall)

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• • • Madeline L. Nyblade, University of Minnesota

    • Sean J Dorr, University of Minnesota

    • Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek, Good Sky Guidance

    • Cassandra Reed-VanDam, Michigan Technological University

• 10:45am  | Monitoring Manoomin/Psíŋ: What Does the Future Hold? (Stoney Brook)

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• • • Annette Drewes, Wild Rice Connections

    • Josh M. Knopik, Minnesota DNR

• 10:45am  | Sulfate Threats: Science, Sovereignty, and Advocacy to Protect Water (Fond du Lac)

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• • • Paula Maccabee, WaterLegacy

    • Ricky DeFoe, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

    • Nancy Schuldt, Fond du Lac Office of Water Protection

    • Amy Myrbo, Amiable Consulting and St. Croix Watershed Research Station

Lunch & Keynote

• • 12:00pm  |  Lunch & Keynote  (Otter Creek Hall)

    • Nisogaabokwe Melonee Montano, University of Minnesota: "The Good Berry Deserves Good Ancestors"

Concurrent Workshops - 2nd Rotation (choose one)

• • • 1:30pm  | Manoomin Medicine Wheel Talking Circle (Otter Creek Hall)

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• • • • Madeline L. Nyblade, University of Minnesota

      • Sean J Dorr, University of Minnesota

      • Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek, Good Sky Guidance

      • Cassandra Reed-VanDam, Michigan Technological University

  • 1:30pm  | Monitoring Manoomin/Psíŋ: What Does the Future Hold? (Stoney Brook)

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• • • • Annette Drewes, Wild Rice Connections

      • Josh M. Knopik, Minnesota DNR

  • 1:30pm  | Sulfate Threats: Science, Sovereignty, and Advocacy to Protect Water (Fond du Lac)

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• • • • Paula Maccabee, WaterLegacy

      • Ricky DeFoe, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

      • Nancy Schuldt, Fond du Lac Office of Water Protection

      • Amy Myrbo, Amiable Consulting and St. Croix Watershed Research Station

Closing Plenary

• • 3:30pm  |  Intergenerational Panel & Closing (Otter Creek Hall)

    • Moderator: Roger D. LaBine, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

    • Jeff Savage, Fond du Lac Reservation Cultural Center & Museum

    • Vallen Cook, Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and University of Minnesota

    • Greenlee Fineday, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School

    • Bella Sutton, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School

  • By 5pm  |  Depart in Gratitude  (Otter Creek Hall)

Registration is Now Full with a Waiting List

As an optional "add-on" for Symposium attendees, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is offering site tours highlighting local tribal food sovereignty initiatives. Join us for visits to Spirit Lake Native Farms and Na'enimonigamig (Fond du Lac's kitchen/cannery) on November 15. Schedule is TBA, but likely from about 8:30am to 1:30pm. Please see notes below:

• You must register for this add-on during your Symposium registration.

• The $20 fee covers the cost of lunch and programming on November 15. Attendees are required to find transportation to and from the sites; we encourage attendees to carpool if possible.

• Due to the limited capacity of the host sites, registration is limited to 50 people. Interested registrants will be placed on a wait list after registration reaches capacity.