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NASA - Native American Student Association

Wild Rice   Fishing at rice camp   Ricing
Ricing
lodge at night
 Lodge at night 		   canoing to pick wild rice
Canoeing to pick wild plants		   matt rice boating
Matt rice boating 
end of day ricing
End of day of ricing		   man boating in rice
Man boating in rice   		   Tilled soil
Tilled soil
weeding
Weeding     		  truckload   traditional wild food
Traditional wild foods
spring ground prep
Spring ground preparation		   traditional food   preparing garden
 Preparing garden
planting with class
Planting with class		   planting squash
Planting squash in mounds 		   planting corn
Planting corn  
planting
Planting		   picking wild plants
Picking wild plants 		   Ho Chunk Corn
Ho Chunk corn
gathering ceremonial ferns   garden-summer's peak   gardeners
Gathering ceremonial ferns   Garden at summer’s peak   Gardeners
break from hard day's work
Break from a hard days work		   camp at night
Camp at night		   team building
 Team building  
story break   Time out with friends   story telling
amaranth   where is the fish?   done weeding yet?
building wigwam
Building chipotike (wigwam)		   putting up wigwam
Building chipotike (wigwam)		   putting up the lodge
Putting up chipotike
talking circle
Talking circle   		   picking morels   social dancing
Social dancing 
social dancing 2
Social dancing 		  native youth ready to garden
Youth ready to garden		   native american youth
Native American youth
playtime
Playtime		   peeling birch bark
Peeling birch bark		   close-up peeling birch bark
Close up-peeling birch bark
birch bark basket   our birds
Our birds 		  our baby chicks
Our baby chicks
turkey poults
Turkey poults		  
beans
Beans  		  more play time
More play
more beans
More beans		   pumpkin carving
Pumpkin carving		   Mississippi River sunset
Mississippi River sunset
learning to maple sugar
Learning to maple sugar 		  maple sugaring
Maple sugaring		   dinner at camp
Dinner at camp
locating wood
Locating wood   		   gathering wood
Gathering wood		   building traditional structures
Building traditional structures
indiginous people'd day march   Young Students Too   protest-school of the Americas
indigenous environmental conference
Meeting with elders		 rally speaker
Rally speaker		 meeting with elders
cooking for a community feast   cooking for a feast   elders at meeting
elder
Elder		   brainstorming
Brainstorming		   anti-columbus rally
Anti-Columbus rally
sunset sky
Sunset sky 		  cooks in kitchen
Cooks in kitchen		   learning to cook wild rice
cooking on the riverbank   smiling cook
Smiling cook		   time to share
corn up close
Corn up close