The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering (We Are Still Here) [Paperback]

Gordon Regguinti (Author), Dale Kakkak (Photographer), Michael Dorris (Foreword)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: We Are Still Here

Glen Jackson, Jr., an eleven-year-old Ojibway Indian in northern Minnesota, goes with his father to harvest wild rice, the sacred food of his people.

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Grade 4-8-- Glen Jackson, Jr., is an 11-year-old Ojibway Indian from the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota. His people are wild rice growers, and the annual harvest has as much spiritual meaning for his people as the raising of corn, beans, and squash does for the Hopi and the Seneca. Glen is taking part in the ritual for the first time and is worried that he won't be strong enough to push the canoe through the rice beds without tipping over. As in Woods's A Boy Becomes a Man at Wounded Knee (Walker, 1992) and Keegan's Pueblo Boy (Dutton, 1991), readers are introduced to the modern Indian world through the experiences of an individual young person. Ojibway history and descriptions of the reservation are smoothly blended into the narrative as Glen learns how to harvest, parch, winnow, and cook the rice. There is a lot of information here, and readers will gain much from it and the many well-chosen, full-color photographs of the Jackson family. A word list and excellent bibliography conclude the book, and author Michael Dorris contributes an excellent foreword that captures the real strength of this and similar books --Lisa A. Mitten, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822596202
• ISBN-13: 978-0822596202
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,036,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Sacred Harvest, May 31, 2000

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This review is from: The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering (We Are Still Here : Native Americans Today) (Library Binding)

Very good and clear to know how to harvest wild rice and what wild rice means to American Indian.