As part of the AIS 101: Introduction to American Indian Studies students submit a final project that is an open ended artistic expression, expanding or reflecting upon a topic (or many topics) covered in class. This is one of those projects.
A short while ago, UWM Journalism student, Ed Makowski, interviewed Junior, Nathon. He is also a participate in the EQI Undergraduate Research program for Native students. We drum in Bolton Hall on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. If you ever hear us, feel free to stop and join us. Drumming and singing are good medicine. A medicine we can all use. Help us keep our circle of humanity complete.
Read the story here: UW-Milwaukee’s Pow Wow Has Deep American Indian Roots
Have you ever wondered about the origin of the name of our city, Milwaukee? WUWM radio Bubbler Talk seires addressed this question in part by posing the question to our director, Margaret Noodin. The full interview can be heared here: http://wuwm.com/post/mino-akking-mahn-waukke-whats-origin-word-milwaukee
This year the International Algonuian language conference is being hosted by the Electa Quinney Institute at UWM. The conference will take place on the UWM campus from October 13th through October 16th.
Each year an international, interdisciplinary community of scholars gathers to explore the languages and cultures of Algonquian peoples. The Conference is open to researchers, teachers and community members wishing to share ideas related to one or more Algonquian communities. After each conference, papers may be submitted for peer review and potential publication in an annual volume.
Michigan Radio interviewed Margaret Noodin, Director of the Electa QUinney Institute, and an Assistant Professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Margaret Noodin has made it her life’s work to fight for the future of the ancient Native American language Anishnaabemowin. This is the language of “the People of the Three Fires”—the Odawa, Potawatomi and Ojibwe. These people came to the Great Lakes thousands of years ago.
Today, the language is threatened. They’re losing speakers faster than they’re gaining them.
Noodin’s new book of poetry is one way to keep this language alive and fresh. Weweni (Wayne State University Press) is a collection of poems in Anishinaabemowin and English.
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