indigenous knowledge Archives

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

Community Feast

American Indian, collaboration, discussion, Education, identity, indigenous knowledge, Kinship and Responsibility, Native American, shared voices, storytelling

Join us on October 15th from 5:00-8:00 PM in the AISC Lounge (Merrill 148) and the EQI Fire Circle (Weather Permitting) for our Community Feast. We will be sharing a meal and hearing about Milwaukee Indigenous history from an Indigenous… 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

The Legal Justification of Land Theft with Legal Scholar Matthew Fletcher

American Indian, Education, indigenous knowledge, johnson v mcintosh, legal, matthew fletcher, Native American, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Join the Electa Quinney Institute and American Indian Studies on Thursday October 5th at 6:30 for a lecture by legal scholar Matthew Fletcher. Fletcher will be discussing the upcoming 200th anniversary of Johnson v. McIntosh and the continuing impact of… Read More

Manoomin Gabeshiwin (Wild Rice Camp)

Education, indigenous knowledge, Kinship and Responsibility, Native American, Ojibwe, ricing, shared voices, wild rice

Join the Electa Quinney Institute and the American Indian Student Center for our Manoomin Gabeshiwin (Wild Rice Camp) on September 20th and 21st at the EQI Fire Circle, outside of Merrill Hall. This week we will be the Gaapizige Manoomin… Read More