People gathering wild rice from Minnesota's Leech Lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old.
Several tribes have called the area home, most recently the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and remains periodically are found in the area, said the tribe’s police chief, Ken WashingtonAuthorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake, where they were discovered Saturday. Covering more than 100,000 acres , the lake is located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in the north-central part of the state.
Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk said the rice harvesters called after spotting the remains up on land. Harvesters usually use a canoe with a push pole or paddles to collect the rice, which is considered spiritually, culturally, nutritionally and economically significant to Ojibwe, Dakota and other tribal communities, according to the state's Department of Natural Resources.
The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council was also called to assist, with the goal of handling the remains in “culturally appropriate manner,” the tribal and county law enforcement explained in a joint statement. “It has happened a couple times a year, but then they can go several years in between," Welk said."It just depends.”
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