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.
The annual Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference at UW–Madison featured four breakout sessions with Indigenous presenters, one on January 28 and three on February 4. The conference was online, open to all, and free to attend; each day had a different line-up. Friday, January 28, 2022, 2:00-3:30pm: Reclaiming Indigenous Kinship and Resisting Ongoing Colonialism …
On a brilliantly lit fall morning, with an appropriate breeze in the air, the University of Wisconsin–Madison raised the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation atop Bascom Hall Friday, on land the Ho-Chunk call Teejop, or Four Lakes. The occasion marked the first time in campus history that the Ho-Chunk Nation flag — or any nation’s flag — has flown for a day alongside the U.S. and Wisconsin state flags on UW–Madison’s central administration building.
Hundreds attended the flag-raising ceremony on Bascom Hill, part of the university’s ongoing commitment to educate the campus community about First Nations history and to recognize the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk. Flag raisings are part of contemporary Ho-Chunk culture.
In November 2021, the Native American Task Force of the UW–Madison Division of Extension held the 1st Annual Native November Speaker Series celebrating Native American Heritage month. Every Monday at 10:00 AM in the month of November, the Native American Task Force hosted these speaker sessions: November 1: “Land Grab U” Participants watched the 40 …
Every September, the university community begins the academic journey by asking how treaties inform and shape the present and our shared future. On September 29, 2021, four of the Ho-Chunk Nation’s leading legal experts offered perspectives on the fundamental significance of treaties and Indian law in a live virtual roundtable. The event was streamed live; …
View photos from the powwow held by the Wunk Sheek Native American student organization in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 11 at the Gordon Dining and Event Center.
In May, the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland addressed attendees at the virtual Native Nations_UW Tribal Leadership Summit. The summit marked the beginning of Phase 2 of the Native Nations_UW Working Group, which addresses community well-being, health services, the environment, economic development, education and family well-being in partnership with the Native Nations in Wisconsin.