OWNING OUR PAST: CHRISTIANITY AND NATIVE AMERICANS
Native Nations of Wisconsin
Prof. Patty Loew, Northwestern University
(Ojibwe / Mashkiiziibii)
March 7, 2022
PRESENTER:
Patty Loew is a professor at Medill School of Journalism and recently retired director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University. A citizen of Mashkiiziibii--the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Loew is the author of Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, The text is now in its second edition, and won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2002 Outstanding Book Award. Native People of Wisconsin, also newly revised and expanded, is used by 20,000 Wisconsin school children as a social studies text, and as a Teacher’s Guide to Native People of Wisconsin. Her latest book, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, won the 2014 Midwest Book Award for Culture.
RECORDING OF THE ZOOM session on March 7, 2022, can be found at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NVc2-d2DLhIkHZqqPq8tk7v3Bf9vnRem/view?usp=sharing
RESOURCES ON THE TRIBES OF WISCONSIN:
State of the Tribes Address: Shannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge-Munsee Band delivers the 2022 State of the Tribes Address from the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chambers in Madison on February 22nd. The speech marks the 18th annual State of the Tribes address: https://youtu.be/yv8VNSYu54E
Learn More About Native American Heritage: PBS Wisconsin provides an excellent set of video materials on Wisconsin Tribes. https://pbswisconsin.org/article/learn-more-about-native-american-heritage-with-pbs-wisconsin/
Note the listing of productions on Wisconsin Tribal Histories. The full series presents the histories of all 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin, plus one tribe that is seeking to regain its federal status. Explore a rich collection of PBS Wisconsin Education resources on the history of Wisconsin’s Native people.Wisconsin First Nations. Examine the following website to explore a rich collection of education videos and other resources for use in schools and libraries:vhttps://wisconsinfirstnations.org/
Book Recommendations:
Dillon, P. Explore Native Wisconsin, Madison, WI: Discover Mediaworks, Inc. 2015
Papp, H. A Northern Land: Life with the Ojibwe- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Oregon, WI: Badger Books, Inc. 2001
Loew, P. Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2013.
Loew, P. Native People of Wisconsin, Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. (Revised Edition) 2015
Loew, P. Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voice of Wisconsin, Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2014.
Oestreich Lurie, N. Wisconsin Indians, Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2002
Map Recommendation:
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)