HARVESTING MAHNOOMIN
The following is from Paula Giese's Native American Indian site:
Wild rice is Mah-NO-min in Anishinaabemowin. The -min part of the word rhymes with "bit." It means seed. The first part of the word is a contraction of Manido, spirit-giver of this traditionally important and sacred food grain. As did Maple sugar, manoomin gave its name to the moon (month) of harvest, typically the end of August-early September in northern Minnesota: Manoominike Giizis, the moon (month) when it is harvested. The harvest is a time of fun, but hard work, too, especially processing the grain on the spot, even with some modern aids.

The Mahnomen County website is available for adoption.
If you are interested, contact Shirley Cullum

SITE MAP

SEARCH	Search this site & those of other Minnesota counties			USGenWeb/Rootsweb Links
VITAL STATS	Births/Deaths	Baptisms	Marriages	Biographies	Obituaries
VITAL STATS	Cemeteries	Bibles	Wills	1860 Census	Military
VITAL STATS	Pine Bend Methodist Church Records	Death Certificates	Partial Pembina Twnp Census, 1920	Partial Popple Grove Twnp Census, 1910	~
CONTACTS	Readers' Queries	Surnames & Researchers	Mailing Lists	Message Boards	Mahnomen Co. Families Online
HELPS	Mahnomen Area Historical Societies	Research Links	Look-ups	Search Pointers	Writing Queries
HELPS	Tracing Family Trees	Tips on Transcribing Cemeteries	Tombstone Symbols & Meanings	Fraternal Symbols on Tombstones	Privacy & the Internet
HISTORY	Mahnomen County History	Schools	Church Records	News Items	Old Timers
HISTORY	Mahnomen County Fairgrounds Historic District	"Growth of a Nation" (off-site) This is a multi-media interactive movie. While there, click on "HOME" (upper left corner) for information on purchasing the enhanced version at a very reasonable price.
GEOGRAPHY	Where's Mahnomen Co.?	Maps	Land Survey Systems	~	~
NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH	White Earth Reservation	Cyndi's List Native Am. Sites	Cyndi's List Native Am. Genealogy	Native Am. Genealogy	Native/African Am. Hist. & Genealogy
NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH	State His. Soc. of MO	Various Native Am. Resources	US Indian Art	~	~
FAMILIES	Family Trees	Potter	~	~	~
SCRAPBOOKS	Poems	Historical Photos	Family Albums	The Wold Hotel	Bastyr & Rumreich Grocery Store
SCRAPBOOKS	Recollections of Frank T. Rumreich	~	~	~	~
THIS 'N' THAT	IBSSG	Hey, Cuz!	Wild Rice Soup	~	~

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

BOOKS
Do you own any school annuals or books about Mahnomen County
and would be willing to do lookups in them?
CEMETERIES
Could you record tombstone records from a local cemetery?
Are you a scout leader and need a project for your troop?
HISTORY
Could you provide some local history information
about one of the communities in Mahnomen County?
LOOKUPS
Would you be willing to do lookups at the local level
or any genealogical records to which you have access?
PHOTOS
Please consider scanning and sending your "old tyme" photos related to Mahnomen County:
a landmark, old buildings, churches, etc.
SOCIETIES
If you belong to a local history or genealogy society,
would you consider sharing information on this site?
VETERANS
Would you compile a list of veterans who served in any of the wars
for honorable listing on this site?

ANNOUNCEMENTS

List your family reunions and historical society meetings here.

The Mahnomen County website is temporarily maintained by Shirley Cullum