Wild rice is traditionally harvested by two people, a "poler" and a "knocker." As the poler moves the canoe through the rice bed, the knocker bends the stems over and strikes her knockers together, allowing rice to fall into the bottom of the canoe. Some kernels fall into the water to re-seed the rice bed. Notice the "Nottsoe" traditional head-dress of the Anishinaabe Younger. It's not the same as those worn by the tribal Elders.
