Members of the Ho-Chunk and UW–Madison communities gathered on May 4 to dedicate the Ho-Chunk Clan Circle, a series of sculptures representing the 12 clans of the Ho-Chunk Nation. The space outside the Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center was created in partnership with Ho-Chunk artist Ken Lewis and other advisors representing the Ho-Chunk Nation. UW–Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place the Ho-Chunk Nation call Teejop.
By Doug Erickson Carla Vigue, a community affairs and outreach professional with more than two decades of experience, has been named director of tribal relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Vigue (VEE-joo), a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is currently director of communications, events and community engagement for the National Council of Urban …
As covered in the Fall 2022 Letters & Science magazine, UW–Madison Department of Anthropology faculty are working with tribes to return the remains of ancestors and sacred objects.
About two dozen campus volunteers assisted Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation, in constructing a Ho-Chunk ciiporoke Thursday on the North Lawn of Dejope Residence Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
A new oral history project commemorating the 50th anniversary of UW’s American Indian Studies program tells a turbulent story of student activism amid national upheaval. Launched by assistant professor Kasey Keeler, the oral history project is helping to build a more complete record of the program’s earliest days.
Join American Indian Studies on Indigenous Peoples’ Day to celebrate its 50-year anniversary! Learn from key leaders in the program’s history, such as Emerita Faculty Ada Deer, about the creation of the program, the role of student activism, and the significance of the program to diversity and inclusion at the university.
In front of a crowd of about 250 people, Ho-Chunk Nation President Marlon WhiteEagle raised the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation at Bascom Hall Thursday morning, Sept. 15, ushering in an extended period this fall when the flag will again fly over the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
On September 15, UW–Madison will raise the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation on campus. This fall, UW–Madison will fly the Ho-Chunk Nation flag for more than six weeks, including Indigenous Peoples Day in October and the entirety of National Native American Heritage month in November.
Liberal Studies students attending the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) will continue to have an easy path to transfer to the University of Wisconsin–Madison thanks to a renewed agreement between the two institutions. First implemented in 2007, the contract allows a qualified student to begin as a freshman at CMN and be guaranteed admission as a transfer student at UW–Madison after completing three academic years, or 60 transferable credits.
Read about four Ho-Chunk graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who are working to elevate the voices and experiences of Native American people, and to make academic and cultural spaces more accessible and beneficial to the Ho-Chunk community.