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Harvesting Traditions

Harvesting Traditions Exhibit at The Chippewa Valley Museum

Ojibwe Food Seasonal Cycle chart by Biskakone Greg Johnson of Lac du Flambeau.
Display of fish caught by man in 10 hours of fishing on Little Pine Creek, Chetek, Wis., Aug.18-19, 1908.
Two hunters with two deer strapped to a 1927 automobile, 1930s.
Ojibwe woman in canoe harvesting rice, 1970s. Photographer Alfred Bonanno.
Dad Jeff McRaven, Grandfather Ron Vehrs, and boy Bobby McRaven (three generations) sitting on overturned buckets and ice fishing on Half Moon Lake, 1996.

Post Script Gallery | Relating to Our Regions History

Food, income, and recreation are all reasons behind the harvest of wild plants and animals in the Chippewa Valley today, and harvesting activities have marked the time of year for generations. For example, maple syrup is collected in early spring, berries in summer, white-tailed deer in autumn, and ice fishing in winter. Explore past and present traditions of wild harvest across cultures, generations, and genders.

The Harvesting Traditions Exhibition was supported in part by the Xcel Energy Foundation, and a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funding from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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