I'm curious about wild rice and how is this going to impact the areas where it grows and the habitat?

This type of mining, copper, nickel, sulfide mining, is a direct threat to water, which is a component of our natural wild rice beds that occur in the area of the proposed mine.

In our language, we call it manuman or the good berry.

It's a sacred staple food for us as indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.

It requires clean flowing water to grow.

And it's already under threat from climate change.

In general, people know what wild race is and that it grows out in its natural environment.

You know, it's like it involves all of us.