Cottagers & Indians' fight over wild rice and water rights

Writer Drew Hayden Taylor explores the conflict between his friend, an Anishinaabe wild-rice harvester, and Ontario cottage owners who see the rice beds as an intrusion on their lake.

A wry, humane look at a clash over wild rice that exposes deeper questions of land, treaty and belonging.

Drew Hayden Taylor is an award-winning author and humourist who lives on Ontario’s Curve Lake First Nation. For generations, it was a peaceful place where residents managed to avoid conflict with “settlers.” But in recen

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