Native American

Two centuries later, Electa Quinney lives again, onstage

By Jennifer MoralesNovember 4, 2015Arts & HumanitiesTheater

A new play by an aboriginal Canadian playwright sheds light on Electa Quinney, the remarkable Stockbridge-Munsee woman who lived and taught school in Wisconsin in the early 19th century.

Pow wows to film fests, chronicle of culture finds audience

By Kathy QuirkOctober 9, 2015Arts & HumanitiesFilm & Fine Arts

UWM student filmmaker Sky Hopinka explores Ho-Chunk family and heritage in his prize-winning experimental film,“Jáaji Approx.”

At UWM, students speak Milwaukee’s native language

By Kathy QuirkMarch 2, 2015Arts & HumanitiesHumanities

UWM has worked to build a strong American Indian Studies program, in which students can learn Anishinaabe, the ancient language that gave Milwaukee its name.

UWM’s Blaeser named Wisconsin Poet Laureate

By Kathy QuirkJanuary 7, 2015Arts & HumanitiesHumanities

Blaeser, who has written three poetry collections and had her worked translated into multiple languages, succeeds Max Garland, a professor at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.