Join us for “A Weekend with Wild Rice” Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 12-13, 2026!
This is an invite-only gathering convened by the Rise & Repair Alliance for Minnesota lawmakers, midterm candidates and agency staff to learn about Wild Rice, experience a traditional harvest and engage in dialogue to protect our state grain.
Our hope with this gathering will be to have our current and prospective leaders experience cultural teachings and participate in a traditional harvest of Wild Rice, Minnesota’s State Grain known as Manoomin in the Anishinaabemowin language and Psin to our Dakota relatives.
More information will be added to this web page soon ~ for now, please SAVE THE DATE and contact info@RiseAndRepair.org with any questions and/or special accommodations you might need in order to attend :)
Note: We understand that this gathering is taking place during Rosh Hashanah, which may impact the ability for those observing to participate in this gathering. We endeavored to find a date for this weekend accommodating many factors, including the very seasonal nature of the harvest and the capacity of our organizing team and camp hosts. If you have comments/questions/concerns and/or ways that we can make it possible to participate in this gathering while observing the start of the Holy Days, please send an email to info@RiseAndRepair.org. Thank you for understanding!
RSVP!
We’re asking all invitees to submit an RSVP form (even if tentative) by Wednesday, AUGUST 26th, 2026 so that we can make arrangements to properly accommodate you and/or your staff!
Note: if you are a current or prospective lawmaker or state agency staff-member and have NOT received an invite but would like to attend, please send an email to info@RiseAndRepair.org! For tribal government employees and elected officials, we’d love you to join us. Please feel free to submit an RSVP and we’ll be in touch!