The communities served by the 35 Tribal  nations and three treaty organizations in the Great Lakes region have developed research, facilitated education programs, and engaged in policy advocacy to maintain and restore tribal relationships with Zizania palustris, wild rice (Manoomin/Psin). To achieve this goal, they  have developed research and education programs and engaged in policy advocacy. As told in Anishinaabe origin stories, wild rice is a culturally significant crop that is integral to the cultural identity of these Tribes, as well as other Indigenous communities, and the ecological integrity of the region. Each Tribe or related tribal organization has a long history of  collaborations with - but also, in some cases, resistance to - local, state, and federal governments, and organizations like universities to further these research or advocacy initiatives. With few exceptions, wild rice stewardship programs and initiatives do not engage in regional coordination across the boundaries of all 35 Tribal nations and ceded territories in what is now Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. To support the development of a regional coordinated effort to support wild rice, we structured a framework consisting of a regional ecological analysis, policy advocacy and legal protections, a repository of existing stewardship strategies.  We also developed map material and a landscape analysis of a case study site in Munuscong Bay. This project intends to contribute, at an early stage of planning, to the base of information needed to envision a regional coordination plan. Through a literature review of wild rice and Great Lakes region ecology, a review of policies and case law related to wild rice, existing restoration efforts across the Great Lakes region, interviews with regional wild rice stewards, and an analysis of land use across the ceded territories, this project will bring together existing strategies for wild rice restoration and support regional coordination for wild rice restoration and stewardship.