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End of Semester Gathering

American Indian, community, food, Kinship and Responsibility

On behalf of EQI and the American Indian Student Center, we would like to invite you to our End of the Semester Gathering to honor and congratulate our students’ success in graduating this semester or previously! We will be… Read More

Alter-Native Giving Meal

American Indian, collaboration, community, discussion, Education, EQI, food, identity, Kinship and Responsibility, Native American, shared voices, storytelling

Join us for our Alter-Native Giving Meal on November 13th from 4:00-6:00 PM in Merrill Hall 148. Coming together in community, we reflect on what gratitude means through Indigenous lenses of kinship and responsibility. Through traditional foods (plus pie!), we… Read More

Indigenous Felt Knowledge Festival

American Indian, collaboration, community, discussion, Education, food, identity, indigenous knowledge, Kinship and Responsibility, Native American, native scholars, shared voices, storytelling, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Join us for a vibrant celebration of Indigenous culture and traditions! immerse yourself in a day filled with music, captivating performances, live art, workshops, vendors, & food! Performers Start Time (estimated) Name Culture represented 10am Invocation by Mark Denning and … Read More

Artist in Residence: Conversation with an Elder and an Artist

American Indian, Artist in Residence, collaboration, community, discussion, Education, indigenous knowledge, Jon Thunder, Jonathan Thunder, Kinship and Responsibility, Native American, Ojibwe, Oneida, shared voices, storytelling, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Join us for a conversation at the EQI Fire Circle, outside of Merrill Hall on October 16th from 6:30-7:30pm. Mark Denning (enrolled member of the Oneida Nation, who also has Ojibwe, Stockbridge Munsee, and Menominee ancestry), will be teaching our… Read More

Fall Harvest Celebration

American Indian, Artist in Residence, collaboration, community, indigenous knowledge, Kinship and Responsibility, Native American, shared voices, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education, the American Indian Student Center, and the American Indian Studies program would like to invite you to our inaugural Harvest Celebration on Thursday, October 26, 5:30-7:30pm. We will share food, gather around… Read More