First Nations Studies UW-Green Bay News Posts

First Nations Education and Door County Auditorium to highlight the work of Indigenous educators

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Dec 2, 2021

Door Community Auditorium joins forces with University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s First Nations Education programs and The Door County Civility project to present the 2022 Door County Talks Series. This year’s series will explore the history, geographical locations, and cultures, past and present, of four of our regions’ First Nations: Ho-Chunk (January 22), Oneida (February 12),…

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‘First Nations Students Perspectives of UW-Green Bay’ film showing and panel, April 30

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Apr 19, 2021

Though the University has made strides in how they serve students from historically underrepresented and underserved populations, there is still much work to be done. To shed some light on how we can improve the ways in which we support our First Nations students, UW-Green Bay student Kelly House was a member of a team…

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force | WHBY

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Feb 24, 2021

Ahead of their quarterly meeting in March, Wisconsin’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force member Kristin Welch joined Josh to explain the work of the Task Force and describe the impact of missing women and girls on their families and the broader community. She will be part of a virtual panel on this topic at…

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Higher education rates for Native Americans remain low, but unique scholarships helping | Green Bay Press-Gazette

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Feb 4, 2021

Graduates of the UW-Green Bay doctoral program “will have the knowledge to significantly impact education, policy development, and advocacy at state, federal and sovereign nation levels,” according to Dr. Lisa Poupart, director of the program, who is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe in Wisconsin. Source: Higher education rates for Native Americans remain…

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New scholarship honors UW-Green Bay alumna and former State Representative Sharon Metz

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Dec 7, 2020

The Sharon and Thomas Metz Scholarship will benefit undergraduate students who are majoring in First Nations Studies and demonstrate financial need. It will be renewable for up to two years. Mitch Metz, son of Sharon and Tom, says this scholarship aims to carry on his parents’ fight for recognition and respect for indigenous people. Donations to…

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First Nations Studies scholarship created in memory of Green Bay couple

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Dec 2, 2020

A new scholarship at UW-Green Bay honors a former State Representative and UW-Green Bay alumna and her husband. Sharon Metz, a 1984 Communication and the Arts major, passed away in June of this year. The Sharon and Thomas Metz Scholarship will benefit undergraduate students who are majoring in First Nations Studies and demonstrate financial need. Source:…

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The Comm Voice: Elder hours go virtual

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Nov 16, 2020

“Under normal circumstances, UW-Green Bay offers the experience of having students converse with on-site First Nations Oral Scholars in the Residence Elder Hours program in Wood Hall. Due to Covid-19, this experience has changed. Normally, the office would be crowded with students, but this semester it is completely virtual with only one elder instead of…

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GB Dietetic Intern creates lesson for nonprofit organization

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Nov 9, 2020

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Wello—a nonprofit organization shares a farm-to-school lesson which focuses on the Oneida Nation‘s Three Sisters. Crystal Meltz, UW-Green Bay Dietetic intern and member of Oneida Nation, created this lesson (and narrates) as part of her internship . While this is designed for teachers to use with their students,…

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Green Bay fall wild rice seeding planned for late October

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Oct 8, 2020

Small teams of conservation professionals and volunteers from UW-Green Bay, Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, UW-Madison Division of Extension, and others will seed 2,000 lbs. of wild rice at coastal wetlands in the bay of Green Bay during the week of October 26-30, 2020. This year marks the…

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First to fill a First Nations Graduate Assistant position – Wisconsin Sea Grant

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Oct 6, 2020

Note: This story is reprinted with permission from author Marie Zhuikov and Wisconsin Sea Grant Stephanie King of Oneida, Wisconsin, is breaking new ground. Not only is she first to fill a position with Wisconsin Sea Grant designed to strengthen relationships with First Nation tribes in the Green Bay area, she is in the first…

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