As tribal relations director, Vigue is the liaison between UW-Madison and the 12 First Nations of Wisconsin. Vigue started her career at a government relations firm in Washington, D.C., where she connected tribal leaders to …
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Ho Chunk Nation Flag Raising during Investiture Week
Wednesday morning during Investiture Week began with a Ho-Chunk flag raising ceremony in front of Bascom Hall. A welcome from Chancellor Mnookin marked the start of the event. Ho-Chunk Nation President Marlon WhiteEagle shared remarks …
Twelve Badgers recognized among Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American Leaders for 2023
Madison365, a non- profit online news publication, has published annual power lists recognizing Wisconsin leaders from different racial and ethnic groups since 2015. Twelve current and former UW–Madison students and employees received this recognition in …
Wisconsin’s 33 Most Influential Native American Leaders for 2023, Part 1
Carla Vigue, director of tribal relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was included in Madison 365’s fourth annual edition of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American leaders.
Cecil Garvin, esteemed teacher of Ho-Chunk language, to receive honorary degree from UW–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will award an honorary doctorate degree this May to Cecil Garvin, a highly respected Ho-Chunk elder who has devoted much of his professional life to the preservation and promotion of the Ho-Chunk language and culture.
Carla Vigue gives back to Native community as UW tribal relations director
In this Cap Times article, Carla Vigue talks about her new role and plans for the future as UW–Madison Tribal Relations Director.
Teaching Indigenous land dispossession in Wisconsin and beyond
Thanks to new funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an interdisciplinary group of UW–Madison faculty, staff and graduate students will be able to help teach this history by creating educational modules about the expropriation of Indigenous lands.
Carla Vigue named director of tribal relations
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 …
Oneida Nation Promoting Food Sovereignty Among Indigenous Communities
The Oneida Nation is developing a model of programming that promotes traditional food ways, agriculture, and cultural identity among Indigenous communities as a comprehensive approach to reducing health disparities and improving health and health care. Through this initiative, using a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, the Oneida Nation is demonstrating how traditional food ways connect community members to their land, history, and culture, and serve as an important part of health care.
Aaron Bird Bear, set to retire, changed the way we understand campus
For over 20 years, Aaron Bird Bear has worked to improve the campus climate for Native students and to reshape UW–Madison’s relationship with the Indigenous heritage of its campus — land inhabited for 12,000 years and which the Ho-Chunk people call Teejop — and the tribal nations of Wisconsin. He plans to retire Jan. 1, 2023.