storytelling Archives

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

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

Indigenous Felt Knowledge Festival

American Indian, Artist in Residence, collaboration, Education, identity, indigenous knowledge, Kinship and Responsibility, shared voices, storytelling, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Join the American Indian Student Center, Electa Quinney Institute, and Sociocultural Programming for our Indigenous Felt Knowledge Festival in the Union Concourse from 11:00-5:00. We will be featuring Native food vendors, craft-makers, and performers. We will also have craft workshops,… Read More