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.
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 lawmakers; she also did public relations for the National Indian Gaming Association, where she educated tribes on how casino revenue …
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 and raised the flag on the Nation’s behalf. The flag will fly for one week, April 12-19, atop Bascom Hill.
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 2023.
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.
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.
In this Cap Times article, Carla Vigue talks about her new role and plans for the future as UW–Madison Tribal Relations Director.
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.
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 …
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.