Tag: First Nations
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Dr. Rosa King’s journey to and through First Nations Studies
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Meet one of the first graduates of our First Nations Education Doctorate program Each fall, students in the Oneida language immersion program excitedly harvest the bounty from the Three Sisters garden located at their school in Oneida, Wisconsin. What might appear to an outsider as a simple outdoor activity for energetic children is actually much,…
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Center for First Nations Education to host a hide tanning demo
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You’re invited to attend a hide tanning demo hosted by UW-Green Bay’s Center for First Nations Education on February 3 and 4 from 10am – 2pm! Taking place in Phoenix Park, this event features the Coordinator of Health & Wellness for the Ho Chunk Nation, Jon Greendeer. Serving as the Coordinator of Health and Wellness…
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New book by Oneida historian to use Indigenous voices to tell story of Native American removal era in Wisconsin | Sheboygan Press
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GREEN BAY – So much of what we know about the time in the 1800s when First Nations ceded their lands in Wisconsin is told from non-Indigenous perspectives, but Dr. Carol Cornelius is aiming to change that. Cornelius is writing a book that will be published by the Wisconsin Historical Society next year focusing on the…
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Wisconsin schools are not meeting state mandate on Native American education – Wausau Pilot & Review
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The Wisconsin Indian Education Association held a celebration of the state’s commitment to Native American education under Act 31 on Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Menominee Casino Resort in Keshena, with Native peoples from all over Wisconsin attending. Act 31 is a remarkable piece of legislation. The law requires that primary and secondary public schools…
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‘Learning is a lifelong journey’ – Indian Country Today
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They crossed the stage one by one to collect a diploma like no other – the nation’s first-ever doctoral degree in First Nations Education. After studying Indigenous issues, conducting oral histories with tribal leaders, elders and youth, and helping devise ways to improve the educational system for Indigenous students, four Native educators became the nation’s…
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UW-Green Bay graduates first class of doctors of Indigenous education
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GREEN BAY – Dr. Crystal Lepscier, Ed. D, was looking for a way to help other Indigenous students navigate their way through microaggression racism while working on her dissertation. For her, it was about reconnecting with traditional Indigenous ways, such as by learning how to make moccasins and then teaching that skill to others. Reconnecting…