Wild Rice - 8 oz.Wild Rice 8 oz. Wild rice, also known as Indian Rice or Water Oats, is not a rice at all, but the seed from a grass that grows wild along the edges of lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin and southern Canada. Harvested in the old time way by the Indians who paddle along the water's edge, bending the grasses and beating the seeds into their boats. It is dark in color, intriguing in taste. Excellent when mixed with other kinds of rice.