Support material:.Support material available. Agency - English program:.Prairie Centre. Study guide available.

Director, Norma Bailey, Bob Lower ; producer, Jerry Krepakevich ; executive producer, Michael Scott ; script, Sheila Baptie ; cinematography, Richard A. Stringer ; sound, Bob Lower ; editing, Norma Bailey ; sound editing, Ken Rodeck ; re-recording, Clive Perry.

Narrator, Brian Richardson.

Recorded 1980.

Each fall, for generations, the families of the Pauingassi band have camped by northern Manitoba lakes, and combed the reedy shores with brooms, paddles and baskets for manomin--wild rice. The trade with the bush pilot begins the process by which a staple for Indigenous peples and sacred crop becomes a white man's luxury food. A quiet but haunting film.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).