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Tribal leaders seek state recognition and funding for Manoomin stewardship guide after passage of recognition law
Summary
Roger LeBain and Representative Rheingans briefed the committee on the Michigan Wild Rice Initiative's new stewardship guide, requested formal placement within a state department (preferably DNR) and said an EPA Environmental Justice grant for $3 million is on hold.
Roger LeBain, an elder and delegate for the Michigan Wild Rice Initiative, and Representative Rheingans briefed committee members on a newly published Manoomin (wild rice) stewardship guide and asked the Legislature to help secure formal recognition and funding to support restoration work.
"Chi miigwech," LeBain said, thanking the committee for past support and describing the guide as a tool drafted "with you in mind" to help restore and steward wild rice on tribal homelands and ceded territories. He said the guide explains Manoomin’s cultural, spiritual and ecological importance and lays out restoration steps and protections the tribes recommend.
LeBain told the committee the initiative had applied for a…
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