Come for an Anishinaabemowin language table with Elder in Residence, Mishiikenh (Vern) Altiman. There will be cultural activities, teachings, protocols, and more! This language table is focused on introductory Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language). Join Mishiikenh on Tuesdays from 5:00-7:00pm in the… Read More
Please join us as we celebrate the artwork created by inaugural AISC & EQI Artist in Residence, Sam Zimmerman (Ojibwe) and UWM students. We will also celebrate the multiple Native languages taught at UWM with language tables and a live… Read More
On two occasions, Tom Luljack, host of UWM Today on WUWM 89.7, spent time with folks from our institute to learn a little more about the work of EQI, its impact on students, and the community as well as more… Read More
“Niizhosagoons gemaa Nisosagoons Daso-biboonagad” / “Two or Three Thousand Years” This publication by Broadside Press, was a collaboration with the words by Margaret Noodin and the art by Meghan Keane. Broadside Press, founded in 2005, has the mission of putting… Read More
(The Milwaukee Panthers Drum)
The current care taker of the drum is UWM student, Nathon Breu. For his Honor’s Senior Thesis, he wrote about the history of the Anishinaabek Big Drum. How this one specific, Gete Dewe’igan, and how this dewe’igan came to be part of the community, and how she functions to promote well-being in this community. You can read this essay via a PDF here: Minowakiing Chibizhiwag Dewe’igan