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Patty Loew, Ph.D.
310 Hiram Smith Hall and 1406 Nancy Nicholas Hall
UW-Madison, Dept. Life Sciences Communication (College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences-50%) and Civil Society and Community Research (School of Human Ecology-
50%) Affiliated Faculty: American Indian Studies, Nelson Institute for Environmental
Studies, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, Center for Community and Nonprofit
Studies
Education Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin Madison (December, 1998)
Dissertation: “The Chippewa and Their Newspapers in the ‘UnProgressive Era.’”
M.A., Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1992).
Continuing Education. Lakota Studies, Sinte Gleske College, Mission, South Dakota
(summer, 1988).
Japanese Language Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (1983-
1985).
B.S., Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse (1974).
UW Study Center-Copenhagen, Denmark (1973).
Academic Experience Professor, UW-Madison, Department of Life Sciences Communication.
- Teach Native American Environmental Issues and the Media (LSC 444 Cross
listed with Amer. Ind. Studies and the Nelson Institute for Environmental
Studies); Visualizing Health in a Cultural Context (LSC 399 Crosslisted with
Nutritional Sciences 240, Global Health field course); Qualitative Research
Methods (LSC 875 graduate seminar). Digital Video Production (LSC 314),
Advanced Digital Video Documentary Production (LSC 614). 07% effort in
UW Extension 2011-present.
- Produce humanities documentaries & host In Wisconsin for Wisconsin Public
Television, 50% effort in UW Extension 2005-2011.
Professor, UW-Madison, Civil Society and Community Research (2017-present)
- Teach Indigenous Research Methodology, advise graduate students.
- Lead UW-Native Nations Initiative for the School of Human Ecology
(initiative involving UW-Madison, UW-Extension, and UW Colleges to
improve teaching/research/outreach in collaboration with the Native nations in
Wisconsin.
Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism. Fall 2016.
- Teach Native American Environmental Issues and the Media ( Journ. 390),
serve on and participate in indigenous studies steering committees, consult on
Native-related stories for Medill News Service, mentor Native students.
Associate Professor, UW-Madison, Department of Life Sciences Communication
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- Teach Native American Environmental Issues and the Media, Digital Video
Production, Advanced Digital Video Documentary Production),
- Produce humanities documentaries & host In Wisconsin for Wisconsin Public
Television, 50% effort in UW Extension 2005-2011.
Assistant Professor, UW-Madison, Department of Life Sciences Communication
- Taught Native American Environmental Issues and the Media, Digital Video
Production, Advanced Digital Video Documentary Production), 50%
appointment in LSC, 1999-2005.
- Produce humanities documentaries, produce documentatary segments & host
In Wisconsin and WeekEnd for Wisconsin Public Television, 50%
appointment in UW Extension 1999-2005.
Fellow, UW-Madison, Department of History & American Indian Studies
- Taught His. 490: American Indian History survey course, 1998.
- Taught AIS 450: Seminar on Wisconsin Indians, 1999.
Lecturer, Wisconsin Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, 1999-2001.
Instructor, Native American Journalism Workshop, UW-Madison Summer
Institute, 1993-95.
Lecturer, UW-Madison, Department of Journalism and Mass
Communication (Mass Communication and Minorities) 1989-1991.
Publications Books
Native People of Wisconsin Teacher’s Guide, second edition expanded and revised
(Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Press, 2016) with Bobbi Malone
and Kori Oberle.
Native People of Wisconsin, second edition expanded and revised (Madison, WI:
State Historical Society of Wisconsin Press, 2015), Fourth-grade textbook used by
18,000 Wisconsin schoolchildren.
Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: State
Historical Society of Wisconsin Press, 2014), winner 2014 Midwest Book Award.
Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, second edition,
revised and expanded (Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Press,
2013).
We Shall Remain (Boston: WGBH Productions, 2008), Library Event Kit and
Resource Guide for PBS series, American Experience, winner 2009 APEX Excellence
in Publications Award (Writing).
Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal (Madison, WI:
State Historical Society of Wisconsin Press, 2001); winner, 2001 Outstanding Book
Award, Wisconsin Library Association.
Native People of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Press, 2003), Fourth-grade textbook for SHS Office of School Services, winner 2003
“Best Juvenile Non-Fiction,” Wisconsin Council of Writers.
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Books in Progress
Standing with Standing Rock: Voices of Environmental Resistance. I am editing a
collection of 26 essays from Native and non-Native academics and community
members about environmental struggles in their communities that resonate with the
Dakota Access Pipeline protest. Publication talks are nearing completion and details
should be announced by Feb. 15, 2017. Among the essayists are Pulitzer Prize
finalists, half a dozen award-winning journalists and several critically acclaimed
literary figures.
Book Chapters
Chapter 7, “Ojibwe Treaty Rights” in Fifty Events that Shaped American Indian
History, edited by Donna Martinez (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2017).
“Introduction” to American Indians and the American Mass Media, edited by Meta
Carstarphen and John Sanchez (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012).
“Chief Buffalo” and “Sandy Lake,” Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia
of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty, Donald Fixico, editor (Oxford, UK: ABC-Clio)
2007
“Native American Culture and the Media,” (co-authored with Shiela Reaves), the
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Donald H. Johnston,
Editor, (San Diego : Academic Press, 2003).
Loew, Patty, “Odanah Star: 1912-1914” A Wisconsin Fifteen, (Madison: State
Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1998).
Book Chapters in Production
Chapter, “Lights, Camera, Activism,” in Global Perspectives on Indigenous
Journalism Culture, edited by Folker Hanusch, Sue Abel, and Lia Markelin (Bern,
Switzerland: Peter Lang), manuscript submitted, publication spring 2017.
Journal Articles
Loew, Patty, “A Digital Gift to the Seventh Generation,” Yukhika-latuhse: She Tells
Us Stories (Oneida Nation Native Journal), Fall 2013.
Loew, Patty and Thannum, James, “After the Storm: Ojibwe Treaty Rights 25 Years
after the Voigt Decision,” American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 35, Number 2, (spring
2011).
Tynan, Tim and Loew, Patty “Organic Video Approach: Using New
Media to Engage Native Youth in Science,” American Indian Culture and Research
Journal, Volume 34, Number 4 (winter 2010).
Loew, Patricia and Mella, Kelly. “Black Ink and the New Red Power, Native
American Newpapers and Sovereignty.” Journalism and Communication
Monographs. Columbia: Autumn 2005. Vol. 7, Iss. 3.
Loew, Patty, “Tinker to Evers to Chief: Baseball From Indian Country, Wisconsin
Magazine of History, Vol. 87, Number 3 (spring 2004).
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Loew, Patty, “Back of the Homefront: Oral Histories of Native American and
African-American Wisconsin Women During World War Two,” Wisconsin Magazine
of History, Vol 82, Number 2 (winter 1998-99).
Loew, Patty, “Natives, Newspapers and ‘Fighting Bob,’ Wisconsin Chippewa in the
‘UnProgressive’ Era,” Journalism History, Volume 23 Number 4 (winter 1997-98).
Loew, Patty, “Hidden Transcripts in the Chippewa Treaty Rights Dispute: A Twice-
Told Story,” American Indian Quarterly, Volume 22 Number 1 (winter 1998).
Works in Progress
“Disruptive Public Participation: Standing with Standing Rock and Elsipogtog First
Nation,” research that explores political protests and internet-mediated activism for
conference presentation and journal article, with Jill Hopke (DePaul University) and
Molly Simis (UW-Madison), Conference on Communication and the Environment
(COCE) 2017, University of Leicester, UK.
Sioux Pony Claims by Donna Madah, consultation and editing on manuscript about
the Standing Rock Sioux pony claims during the Indian Claims Commission era.
“The Shell in the Sky: Using Ojibwe Oral Tradition, Medieval European Texts, and
Space Science to Understand a Native Migration Story,” collaboration between an
Ojibwe culture keeper, Icelandic Saga scholar, and ethnoastronomer for journal article
and documentary project.
Reviewed Manuscripts Chief Wilma Mankiller: Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation by Donna Martinez for
University of Oklahoma Press, 2016.
Native Apparitions: Taking on Hollywood American Indian Studies Style, edited by
Steve Pavlick, M. Elise Marubbio, and Tom Holm for University of Arizona Press,
2016.
“We Shall Live Again”: Red Power Newspapers, People’s Poetry, and the Voice of
Pan-Indigenism as Anti-Colonial Cosmopolitics, American Indian Quarterly, 2014.
“American Indian Land Rights, Rich Indian Racism, and Newspaper Coverage in
New York State 1988-2008, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2013.
Lost and Found: American Indians and the American Mass Media, edited by Meta
Carstarphen and John Sanchez for University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.
“Commemoration, Community, and Colonial Politics at Brothertown” by Craig
Cippola for Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, 2010.
“Rating the YouTube Indian: Viewer Ratings of Native American Portrayals on a
Viral Video Site,” for American Indian Quarterly, 2010.
Memories of Lac du Flambeau Elders. Edited by Elizabeth M. Tornes for the Center
for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, University of Wisconsin, 2004.
Book Reviews Women Elders’ Life Stories of the Omaha Tribe: Macy, Nebraska 2004-2005 by
Wynne L. Summers, The Annals of Iowa, Vol. 69, No. 1, Winter 2010.
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Serving Their Country: American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth
Century by Paul Rosier. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.
Spirit of the Ojibwe by Sara Balbin et al, Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 2009.
Around the Shore of Lake Superior by Margaret Bogue. Madison: UW Press, 2007.
Graduate Student Research Directed (since 2005) 15 masters (eleven LSC; four other)
20 Ph.Ds ( thirteen LSC; seven other)
Documentaries & Media Projects Bad River Flood, collection of media, including twelve short documentaries,
webpages, photojournalism projects, and digital music produced under the auspices of
Tribal Youth Media in July-August, 2016. Participants, ages 11-17, had their video of
this federal disaster air on five mainstrain media outlets in two states.
Sacred Stick, made for PBS documentary about the indigenous origins of lacrosse, in
production, aired on PBS affiliates, 2013.
Protect our Future, documentary co-produced with three 14-year-old tribal youth
about the Bad River Ojibwe wild rice bed and threat from a proposed iron mine,
twenty-three regional and national screenings, three national awards, 2013-2014.
Naanan Nimiseyug (My Five Sisters), documentary produced with St. Croix Outreach
Center, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, about the personal histories
of five elders on the St. Croix Ojibwe Reservation, 2012.
Earth Day Portrait, narration/consultation for John Harmon-composed symphony
performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, distributed by Oxford University
Press 2010.
National Parks of Wisconsin, host, Wisconsin Public Television statewide
documentary, airdate October 19, 2009.
After the Storm, 30-minute Ojibwe treaty rights documentary for Great Lakes Indian
Fish and Wildlife Commission Symposium, co-produced with advanced video
students in LSC 620 (now LSC 614), premiered July 2009; screened at Earth Day
Conference, Nelson Center for Environmental Studies, April 2010.
Act 31 Online Resource, narrator and consultant for online teacher resource on Native
Americans for UW School of Education, Sept. 16, 2008.
Transition to DTV, WHA TV, host and narrator for digital transition documentary,
Sept. 4, 2008.
Trumpeter Swans, narration for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, April
18, 2008.
Way of the Warrior, produced, wrote, and narrated one-hour documentary about
Native American soldiers in the 20th century, aired nationally on PBS, November
2007 and May 2011.
“Nation Within a Nation,” produced, wrote, and narrated segment on Menominee
Termination, State of the Union: Looking for America, aired nationally on PBS,
1998.
Celebrate! Monona Terrace, produced, wrote, narrated, hosted two-hour program on
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the opening of Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired Monona Terrace, Wisconsin Public
Television and WKOW TV, aired statewide, 1997.
“Unbalanced,” produced, wrote, narrated, edited Award-winning mini-documentary
news series on inequities in mental health treatment and insurance coverage, WKOW
TV, aired in Madison market, 1997.
Home Away from Home,” produced, wrote, narrated documentary news series
on abuses in Madison-area nursing homes, WKOW TV, 1996.
“Wild Rice,” produced, wrote, narrated, co-edited segment on ricing on the Bad
River Chippewa Reservation, WeekEnd, Wisconsin Public Television, aired
statewide, 1995.
“Bitter Harvest,” produced, wrote, narrated award-winning one-hour program and
mini-documentary news series on migrant worker housing (prompted state
investigation, camp inspections, citations, closings, fines), aired on ABC affiliates
statewide, 1994.
“Spring of Discontent,” produced, wrote, narrated award-winning one-hour program
on Chippewa Treaty Rights dispute, aired on ABC affiliates statewide, 1990.
- “No Word For Goodbye,” produced, wrote, narrated award-winning program on
American Indian cultures in Wisconsin, aired on ABC affiliates statewide, 1986.
Documentary Segments Produced, Written, and Narrated for Wisconsin Public
Television
“ St. Francis Xavier youth football” (October 2009).
Intercultural Leadership Initiative (May 2004).
Li Chiao-Ping (March 2004).
Leotha Stanley (February 2004).
Green Architecture. Frank Zeidler Profile (Janury 2003).
Joe Bee Xiong (January 2003).
Carol Brown profile (April 2003).
Tom Maulson Profile (April 2003).
Green Architecture (December 2003).
Spearfishing Anniversary (April 2003).
Paddling Through Time (UW-Madison History Professor John Sharpless’ Canoe Trip,
June 2002).
Dairy Price Supports (June 2002)
Junior Olympian Tyler Goff (February 2002)
Triennial Art Exhibition (May 2002)
UW Professor Richard Davis (2001)
Wisconsin Art Education Budget Cuts (2001)
Waswagoning, a 17th-century recreated Ojibwe Village (2001)
Charles Albert Bender, National Hall of Fame Pitcher (2001)
More Than a Game: Ojibwe Baseball (2001)
First Annual Native American Adoptee Pow Wow (2001)
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Older workers at Lands’ End Inc. in Dodgeville (2000)
Wisconsin’s Endangered Species Part I: Plants (2-11-2000)
Wisconsin’s Endangered Species Part II Animals Plants Two-part series on endangered
species (2-18-2000)
Vel Phillips, African American Civil Rights Advocate (3-31-2000)
Maureen Arcand, Advocate for People with Disabilities (4-21-2000)
Perrier High Capacity Well (1-18-2000)
New Prison (5-13-2000)
Beads, Body, and Soul, African Yoruba Art Exhibit (5-6-2000)
Infinite Boundaries (Breast Cancer Recovery retreat) (8-18-2000)
Red Cliff Ojibwe Youth Lacrosse (8-27-2000)
Native American Holiday Tree (12-1-2000)
Century to Century highlights of Indian treaty rights (12-31-2000).
Potawatomi Class 1 Air Quality designation (10-12-1999).
Honors 2015-2017 Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
Wisconsin Women Making History selection, Wisconsin Humanities Council
consortium, 2015.
“2013 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow,” First Peoples Fund, Rapid City,
South Dakota.
“2011 Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumni Award” recipient, University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse, May 13, 2011.
“2010 Outstanding Woman of Color,” University of Wisconsin System.
“2010 Outstanding Woman of Color,” University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2003 Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, Edgewood College.
2003 Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Public Service, Northland College.
2003 Woman of Achievement Award, Wisconsin Women of Color Network.
2003 Friend of Education, awarded by Wisconsin State School Superintendent.
Manfred Swarsensky Humanitarian Service Award, Downtown Rotary Club,
Madison, WI, 1999.
Outstanding Service Award, Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council (representing the eleven
federally recognized Indian Nations in Wisconsin) 1998.
Anna Julia Cooper Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of
History and American Indian Studies Program, 1997-99.
Frances C. Allen Fellowship, D’arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History,
Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, UW-Madison Graduate School, 1994-96.
Fellowship, Howard Simons Fund for Native American Journalists, 1992.
Scholarship, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1971-74.
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Keynotes, Book Talks, Documentary Screenings and Outreach Keynote, “Lights, Camera, Activism: How 3 Native Teenagers Helped Stop a
Mine,” address to the National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME),
Cleveland, OH, Nov. 11, 2016.
Interviewee, Through the Decades with Bill Kurtis (CBS), interview about the
Wounded Knee Massacre anniversary for hour-long national TV show (2017 airdate
TBA).
Interviewee, “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” one-hour interview and call-in program on A
Public Affair hosted by Bert Zipperer, WORT-FM Radio, Madison, WI. Sept. 28,
2016.
Storyteller, Education Day, Indian Summer Festival Milwaukee, Sept. 9, 2016.
Keynote, “The Power of Native Youth Voices,” address to Women’s Empowerment
Banquet, Mole Lake Ojibwe Reservation, Sept. 6, 2016.
Emcee, Capitol City Hues newspaper anniversary Celebration, Madison, WI, June 26,
2016.
Speech, “Seventh Generation Earth Ethics,” Prairie du Chien Correctional Facility,
June 17, 2016.
Documentary screening, Way of the Warrior, Brothertown Indian Nation, June 5,
2016.
Speech, “Seventh Generation Earth Ethics,” address to United Church of Christ
luncheon, May 5, 2016.
Speech, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” address to American Association of
University Women (AAUW) luncheon, Madison, WI, May 2, 2016.
Book talk, “Seventh Generation Earth Ethics,” Fox Cities Book Festival, April 23,
2016.
Speech, “The Power of Youth,” address to Native American Center for Health
Professions Youth Day, Madison, WI, April 22, 2016.
Iterviewee, “Politics of Protest,” one-hour interview and call-in program on WSUM
radio, April 18, 2016.
Keynote, Protect our Future, Native Film Festival, Sigurd Olson Institute, Northland
College, April 8, 2016.
Keynote, “Reopening the Frontier: 25 Years of American Indian Education,”
Wisconsin Indian Education Association statewide conference, Madison, WI, April 1,
2016.
Keynote, “Native People of Wisconsin,” statewide CESA (Cooperative Education
Service Agency) conference, Wausau, WI, March 18, 2016.
Keynote, “Tribal Youth Media,” Wisconsin Social Studies Conference, Madison, WI,
March 13, 2016.
Keynote, “Empowering Youth,” Widening the Circle Conference (Hmong and Native
American Alliance), La Crosse, WI, March 4, 2016.
Keynote, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” downtown Madison Rotary Club, March 2,
2016.
Book talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics Covenant Presbyterian Church, Dec. 4,
2015.
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Interviewee, Wisconsin Public Radio, Native People of Wisconsin, one-hour talk and
call-in program, Larry Meiller Show, Nov. 23, 2015.
Keynote, “Native-NonNative Leadership Collaboration,” Call for Peace Leadership
Conference, Madison, WI, Nov. 21, 2015.
Book talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Oakwood Retirement Community, Nov.
19, 2015.
Presenter, Girl Scout troop, Badgerland Council, Nov. 14, 2015.
Presenter, St. Croix Ojibwe youth campus visit, Nov. 13, 2015.
Discussant/Facilitator, In the Light of Reverence screening, Tales from Planet Earth
Film Festival, Madison, WI, Nov. 8, 2015.
Book talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Sterling North Book Festival, Edgerton,
WI, Nov. 5-6, 2015.
Keynote, UW-Whitewater Diversity Day, Nov. 3, 2015
Interviewee, KSUN TV, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics
Speech, “Lights, Camera, Science,” UW Science Day presentation, Oct. 23, 2015
Interviewee, Wisconsin Public Radio, “Should Indigenous Peoples Day replace
Columbus Day,” WHA Radio, Madison, WI, October 12, 2015.
Emcee, Janice Rice Retirement, UW-Madison, October 8, 2015.
Emcee, Ada Deer 80th Birthday Celebration/Fundraiser, Madison, WI, October 3,
2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, St John’s on the Lake, Milwaukee, WI,
September 28, 2015.
Storyteller, “Culture for Kids,” Indian Summer Festival Education Day, Milwaukee,
WI ,Sept. 11, 2015.
Keynote, Dane County Parks 80th Anniversary, Lussier Family Heritage Center, Lake
Farm Park, Sept. 1, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Wisconsin Historical Society Museum,
Madison, WI, August 20, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Rhinelander Public Library,
Rhinelander, WI, July 27, 2015.
Speech, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Dinner and Lecture series, Wisconsin
Historical Society Museum, Aug. 20, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Friendship Force, Madison, WI, June
30, 2015.
Speech, “Traditional Ecological Knowledge,” Farley Center, Verona, WI, June 20,
2015.
Presenter, “Leadership,” Edgewood College Outeach for Girls, June 17, 2015.
Speech, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Rhinelander Public Library, Rhinelander,
WI, July 27, 2015.
Speech, Indian Nations of Wisconsin, Oneida Outreach Center, Milwaukee, WI, June
16, 2015.
Speech, Sacred Sites, Corporate Rights, United Methodist Church, Monona, WI, May
5, 2015.
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Planner, Bad River Strategic Plan Youth Opportunities, Bad River Ojibwe
Reservation, Odanah, WI March 20, 2015.
Book Talk, Indian Nations of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society Press Legacy
Luncheon, April 28, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Marathon County Library, Wausau, WI
April 22, 2015.
Keynote, “Sacred Sites, Sacred Food,” Intertribal Agriculture Council annual
conference, Green Bay, WI, April 15, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Northland College, Ashland, WI,
March 20, 2015.
Facilitator, Leadership Conference, UW-La Crosse, March 15, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, HH Bennett Museum, Wisconsin Dells,
March 19, 2015.
Planner, Facilitator, Presenter, Steering Committee member, 100th year
Commemoration, Native Nations Summit, UW-Madison, March 12-13, 2015.
Keynote, Journalism Conference, UW-River Falls, March 4, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Feb. 18,
2015.
Keynote, Wisconsin Wetlands Association State Conference, Madison, Feb. 25,
2015.
Keynote, American Association of University Women, Monona, Jan. 27. 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Milwaukee Central Library, Jan. 21,
2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI,
Jan. 20, 2015.
Interviewee, “I Remember,” Milwaukee Public TV, Dec. 12, 2015.
Interviewee, WORT FM, Madison, Dec. 1, 2015.
Book Talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Capitol Lakes, Madison, Nov. 13, 2014.
Keynote, Diversity Day, US Forest Products Lab, Nov. 10, 2014.
Film screening, Protect Our Future, Youth On Film Festival, Madison, Nov. 9, 2014.
Book talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Waukesha Book Festival, November 7,
2014.
Book talk, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, Wisconsin Book Festival, October 18,
2014.
Book talk, Indian Nations of Wisconsin, second edition, Marathon County Historical
Society, June 17, 2014.
Documentary screening, Protect our Future, 2014 Human Rights Film Festival,
Arizona State University, April 12, 2014 (with three 14-year-old tribal youth
documentary producers).
Documentary screening, Protect our Future, Salt River High School, Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community, April 11, 2014 (with three 14-year-old tribal youth documentary
producers).
Documentary screening, Protect our Future, and honoring ceremony for three 14-
year-old tribal youth documentary producers, Bad River Reservation, May 9, 2014.
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Keynote, “Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Ogemakwe Champions, Advocates, and
Rabble-rousers,” Wisconsin Women’s Studies LGBT Conference, Madison, WI,
October 17, 2013.
Documentary screening, Protect our Future, and panel discussion, Madison Action
for Mining Alternatives, Marquee Theater, Madison, June 29, 2014.
Documentary screening, Protect our Future, Tales from Planet Earth Film Festival,
UW Cinematique, Madison, WI, Nov. 3, 2013
Documentary screening, Protect our Future, Big Water Film Festival, Washburn, WI,
Nov. 10, 2013.
Moderator, Justice and the Environment panel, Farley Center Dedication Ceremony,
Verona, WI. Aug. 17, 2013.
Emcee, Penokee Hills Education Project, First Unitarian Church, Madison, WI. Sept.
15, 2013.
Speech, Prairie Unitarian Church, Madison, WI Sept. 22, 2013
Book talk, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin, second edition,” Larry Meiller show,
Wisconsin Public Radio, Sept. 23, 2013.
Keynote, ”Leadership,” UW Women and Leadership, Pyle Center, June 28, 2012.
Speech, Coventry Village, Madison, WI, Feb. 26, 2010.
Moderator, Earth Partnership for Schools panel, Society for Ecological Restoration
conference, October 7, 2013.
Community Lecture, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Waunakee,
WI, Aug. 23, 2013.
Book talk, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” McMillan Library, Wisconsin Rapids, WI,
Aug. 15, 2013.
Book talk, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin” Wisconsin Historical Society Museum,
Aug. 22, 2013.
Speech, Indian Nations of Wisconsin, Madison Lion’s Club, Edgewater Hotel, Nov.
15, 2011.
Speech, “Service, Honor, Respect: Strengthening our Cultures and Communities,
Greater Madison Federal Agencies Association, USDA, Madison, WI, Nov. 17, 2011.
Emcee, Standing Up for Rural Schools, Department of Public Instruction Ceremony,
State Capitol, Feb. 22, 2010.
Interviewee, Senior Beat, Madison Citicable, Sept. 10, 2009.
Commencement speaker All-City American Indian Graduation, MATC, April 24,
2009.
Keynote, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Diversity Forum, Feb. 27, 2009.
Emcee, Standing Up For Rural Schools Emcee, Wisconsin State Capitol Ceremony,
March 23, 2009.
Emcee, “We Shall Remain,” film series showing, Union Theater, University of
Wisconsin Madison, March 31, 2009.
Presenter, University of Wisconsin-Madison Reaccreditation protocol, April 28, 2009.
Keynote, “Native American Warrior traditions,” American Association of University
Women, Blackhawk Country Club, Madison, WI May 8, 2009.
Invited speech, “Way of the Warrior,” St. Luke’s Church, May 21, 2009.
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Panelist, “After the Storm,” Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Conference, Odanah, WI, July 30, 2009.
Keynote, “Native American Warrior Traditions,” Middleton Library, Sept. 10, 2009.
Guest Lecture, Native American Warrior Traditions,” Oakwood Retirement
Community, Sept. 15, 2009.
Keynote, Society of Environmental Journalists convention, Madison, WI, October 7,
2009.
Way of the Warrior Screenings:
o International
Auckland, Wairoa, and Wellington New Zealand, May 14-21, 2008
(as part of the 2008 Maori Film Festival).
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Nov. 17,
2007.
o National
Frozen River Film Festival, Winona, Minnesota, January 21, 2010.
Mitchell Museum, Evanston, IL October 27, 2009.
Missouri State University, Nov. 10, 2008.
University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Nov. 17, 2008.
American Indian Film Festival, Bellevue College, Bellingham, WA
Nov. 5, 2008.
Buffalo Tracks Conference, Charleston, West Virginia, May 2, 2008.
American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, Nov.7, 2007.
Augsburg Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN Nov. 5, 2007.
McHenry College, Crystal Lake, IL, Nov. 12.
Native American Journalists Association, Tulsa, OK, August 11, 2006;
Sequoyah Research Symposium, University of Arkansas at Little
Rock, October 20, 2006.
o State
AIS 325 “American Indians in Film,” (Prof. Nancy Mithlo), UW-
Madison, Feb. 9, 2011
Monona Businessman’s Association, Nov. 3, 2009.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April 28, 2008.
UW-Whitewater, Dec. 6, 2007.
Middleton Optimiststs, Dec. 19, 2007.
First Unitarian Society, Madison, August 31, 2007.
West Side Optimists, Madison, WI, June 26, 2006.
Madison Women’s Club, Madison, WI July 10, 2006; Tempo,
Madison, WI, July 11, 2006.
Fort McCoy, Sparta, WI, November 17, 2006.
o Tribal
Potawatomi Nation, June 26, 2008.
National Congress of American Indians, Denver, CO, Nov. 11, 2007.
Indian Summer Festival, Milw. WI, Sept. 8, 2007.
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Lac Courte Oreille Cultural Healing Institute, Hayward, WI June 22,
2006.
Speech, “A Native American Perspective on Thanksgiving,” Madison Interfaith
Community, Lakeside Lutheran Church, Nov. 23, 2008.
Keynote, “Water: A Sense of the Sacred,” Mami Wata Conference, Madison,
October 21, 2008.
Keynote, “Native American Tribal Governments,” National Conference of Legislative
Auditors, Madison, Sept. 26, 2008.
Speech, Diversity forum, UW Race and Media, Grainger Hall, Sept. 23, 2008.
Emcee, Dane Dances, Monona Terrace, Madison, August 22, 2008.
Book talk, Indian Nations of Wisconsin and Native People of Wisconsin, authors
carousel, Unity: Journalists of Color, McCormick Place, Chicago, July 25, 2008.
Judge, Taste of Madison, Fitchburg, July 7, 2008.
Emcee, A Seat at the Drum, film, MATC, June 17, 2008.
Keynote, “Tribal Youth Media, American Indian Studies Conference, UW-LaCrosse,
April 12, 2008.
Speech, “Women In Media,” Edgewood College, March 31, 2008.
Emcee, Celebrating Rural Schools, Department of Public Instruction, State Capitol,
March 7, 2008.
Keynote, “First Nations First Stewards,” Wisconsin Lakes Association Conference,
Cable, WI, June 22, 2007.
Presenter, Scientific Seminar, “Native American Environmental Issues and the
Media,” Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Middlebrook, New York, March 4, 2005.
Coordinator, Native American Journalists Association EcoTour, NAJA conference,
Oneida Nation, June 17-18, 2003.
Workshop coordinator/media trainer, “The Art of Interviewing,” NAJA Conference,
Oneida Nation, June 18, 2003.
• Keynote, “Indian Nations in 1837,” Tippewaukee Symposium, Richland
Center,WI, August 15, 2003.
• Presenter, “Video is Magic,” Boys and Girls Club, Madison, WI, August 5, 2003.
• Moderator, Wisconsin Gubernatorial Debate, Great Lakes Intertribal Council
Legislative Conference, Madison, WI, March 4, 2002.
• Guest lecture “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” Menominee Summer Institute for
Teachers, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, Wisconsin, February 27 and June
27, 2002.
• Guest Lecture, Wisconsin Indians and the Media,” J-662, UW School of
Journalism, Nov. 29, 2002.
• Public Lecture, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” First Unitarian Society, Madison, WI,
Nov. 25, 2002.
• Guest lecture, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” Human Relations Seminar (Prof. Nancy
Nelson), Edgewood College, Nov. 13, 2002.
• Public Lecture, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” Blooming Grove Historical Society,
Lake Farm Park, Madison, WI April 28, 2002.
• Guest Lecture, American Indians and the Media,” J-662, UW School of Journalism,
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April 22, 2002.
• Guest lecture, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” Madison Area Technical College, April
21, 2002.
• Guest lecture, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” UW-Stout, sponsored by Office of
Multicultural Student Services, April 18, 2003.
• Keynote, “Beyond: the Future of Indian Nations,” 11th annual National Indian
Nursing Education Conference,” UW-Eau Claire, April 18, 2003.
• Keynote, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” Wisconsin Indian Education
Association Conference, Lac du Flambeau, WI, April 1, 2002.
• Public lecture, “Ojibwe Baseball,” Bethel XYZ club, Madison, WI February 22, 2002,
• Public lecture, “Sports and the Ojibwe,” sponsored by U.S. Park Service, Apostle
Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, WI, August 3, 2001.
• Public lecture, “Tinker to Evers to Chief: Ojibwe Baseball,” Sawyer County Historical
Society, Hayward, WI, August 2, 2001.
• Public Lecture, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Endurance and Renewal,” UW College
Days Conference, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, Madison, WI, June
6, 2001.
• Emcee, “Building Wisconsin’s Future,” UW Day, University of Wisconsin System,
Monona Terrace, Madison, WI, March 7, 2001.
• Keynote, “Indians and Citizenship,” Tenth Annual Rock County 2001 Susan
B. Anthony Birthday Party, Milton, WI, February 11, 2001.
• Workshop coordinator/presenter, “Effective Media Strategies in Indian Country,”
Youth Awareness Conference, sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and the Seminole Nation, Tampa FL, September 21, 1999.
Conference Papers, Invited Lectures & Presentations Guest lecture, “Lights, Camera, Activism: Tribal Youth Media,” Medill School of
Journalism Colloquium, Northwestern University, Nov. 7, 2016.
Panel Presentation, “Protecting, Preserving, and Accessing Sacred Sites,” World
Parliament of Religions, Salt Lake City, UT, October 17, 2015.
Guest Lecture, “Indian Nations and Social Justice,” Donna Vukelich” graduate
seminar, Edgewood College, Oct. 29, 2015.
Guest lecture, “Traditional Ecological Knowledge,” Kathy Heskin’s ethics class,
Edgewood College, Madison, WI, October 13, 2015.
Guest Lecture, “Environmental Politics of Protest,” Anna Gade class, Nelson
Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison, April 20, 2016.
Presentation, ”Life Stories as an Act 31 Strategy,” Wisconsin Indian Education
Association annual conference, Milwaukee, WI, April 11, 2015.
Guest lecture, Sandy Ellis Journalism class, UW-River Falls, March 4, 2015.
Presentation, Midwest Tar Sands conference, Madison, Feb. 21, 2015.
Presenter, Dorothy Davids & Ruth Guidinas Celebration of Life, Mohican Nation,
Nov. 14, 2014.
Presenter, Manfred Swarsensky Humanitarian Award, Madison Downtown Rotary
Club, Nov. 12, 2014.
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Guest Lecture, Native American Month, Madison College, Nov. 11, 2014.
Presenter, “The Brothertown Indian Nation: History of Endurance,” Fond du Lac
Library, Fond du Lac, WI, October 16, 2014.
Presenter, “Stand Back and Be Amazed: Tribal Youth Media Initiative,” Center for
Child and Family Well-Being, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison, October 13,
2014.
Presenter, “Protect our Future,” Tribal Youth Media project, 2014 Human Rights
Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, April 11, 2014.
Keynote, “Indigenous Historical Methods,” History Conference, UW-Platteville,
April 4, 2014.
Presenter “Taconite Ore Mining and Public Health,” Making the Connection
Conference, UW-Madison Health Sciences Center, March 1, 2014.
Speech, “Water as Life,” Madison Urban League, March 24, 2014.
Presenter Civil Rights Faculty Panel, Diversity Day, UW-Madison Union South,
March 26, 2014.
Presenter “Sacred Sites versus Corporate Rights: Anxieties and Antidotes in a North
American Indigenous Community,” Mental Health and Land: Indigenous Peoples
and Human Rights panel, XXXIII International Congress on Law and Mental Health,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 19, 2013.
Presenter, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin, second edition,” Education Day, Indian
Summer Festival, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 6, 2013.
Presenter, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin, second edition,” and book talk, UW-Eau
Claire, Oct. 31, 2013.
Guest lecture, “Native images in the Media,” Hemant Shah’s Race and Media class,
Madison, WI, Oct. 3, 2013
Guest lecture, “The Organic Video Approach: Video as a Method of Inquiry in Native
Communities,” J 901 Colloquium, Sept. 20, 2013.
Guest lecture, “The Narrative Arc,” Prof. Sharon Bramlett-Solomon’s Video
documentary class, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University,
March 12, 2012.
Guest lecture, “Native American film representation,” Prof. Sharon Bramlett-
Solomon’s Race and Media class, Arizona State University, March 13, 2012.
Presenter, “Environmental Justice,” 350.org Madison Conference, Madison College,
April 9, 2012.
Presenter, “Indigenous Ecological Knowledge,” Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council
conference, Lac du Flambeau, WI, April 10, 2012.
Presenter, “Cultures in Conflict,” Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI Sept. 11,
2012.
Presenter, “Food that Grows on Water: Bad River’s Mining Threat,” Fighting
BobFest, Alliant Center, Madison, WI, Sept. 22, 2012.
Guest lecture, “Cultures in Conflict,” AJ Ernst UW social work class, Sept. 25, 2012.
Presenter, “Creation Stories to Contemporary Environmental Conflicts, Western
Mining Action-Great Lakes Congress, Marquette, MI Sept. 29, 2012.
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Presenter, “Food that Grows on Water: Bad River’s Mining Threat,” Widening the
Circle Conference, La Crosse, WI, Nov 10, 2012.
Presenter, “Traditions Respecting American Indian Lifestyles,” Youth on the Red
Road Conference, St. Croix Tribal Center, Hertel, WI, Dec. 7, 2012.
Guest lecture, “Broadcasting Trends,” Dave Black’s radio class, March 7, 2012.
Presenter, “Resource Conflicts in Ojibwe Country,” Human Rights Conference,
Central Michigan University, Nov. 11, 2011 and panel discussion, Nov. 12, 2011.
“Organic Video Approach,” presentation to the National Congress of American
Indians Mid-Year Conference, Tribal Leader/Scholar Forum, New Ways to Advocate:
Using Digital Media to Tell the Story, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 15, 2011.
“Creation Stories to Contemporary Environmental Conflicts,” invited lecture, Austin
Peay University, April 1, 2011
“Why Archive in a Digital World?,” Native American Journalists Association
Conference, St. Paul, MN, July 23, 2010.
“After the Storm: Ojibwe Treaty Rights 25 Years After the Voigt Decision,”
Sequoyah Research Symposium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, October 23,
2009.
Presenter After the Storm documentary screening, paper presentation, and panel
discussion, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission symposium, July 28-
30, 2009.
Presenter, “Native American Warrior Traditions,” National Coalition on Race and
Ethnicity (NCORE), San Diego, CA, May 26, 2009.
Guest Lecture, “Reconstructing Native History,” Catherine Phan’s Museum and
Exhibits class, UW-Madison College Library, Jan. 29, 2009.
Guest Lecture, “Native American Issues in Wisconsin,” Eric Franco’s Human
Relations seminar, Edgewood College, February 13, 2009.
Presenter, “Climate Change and the Ojibwe,” talk and film presentation, Gaylord
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Climate Change Symposium, October 27,
2009.
Presenter, “Way of the Warrior,” lecture and film presentation, University
Roundtable, UW-Madison, Nov. 11, 2009.
Guest lecture, “Native Americans of Wisconsin,” University of North Carolina at
Pembroke, Nov. 18, 2008.
Guest lecture, “Native American Warrior Traditions,” Missouri State University, Nov.
10, 2008.
Guest Lecture, “Native American Warrior Traditions,” Cherokee National Holiday
Conference, Tahlequah, OK, August 28, 2008.
Invited Lecture, “Native American Warrior Traditions,” National Library of New
Zealand, Wellington NZ, June 5, 2008.
Guest lecture, “Native Warrior Traditions,” UW-Madison Art History (Nancy
Mithlo), April 29, 2009.
Guest lecture, UW-Madison LSC Grad Colloquiam, “Science Education for Native
Children,” Feb. 13, 2008.
Presenter, “Visualizing Science,” Pyle Center, UW-Madison, Feb. 8, 2008.
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Guest lecture, “Indigenous Science,” Holtz Center, UW-Madison, Feb. 7, 2008
Guest lecture, “Native Centered Science and Multimedia,” San Francisco State
University, Dec. 20, 2007.
Presenter, “Lights, Camera, Science!: The role of New Media in Science Education
for Native Children,” delivered to the 2007 Sequoyah Resarch Symposium,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, October 19, 2007.
Presenter (with Sanjay Limaye), “One Sky Two Views,” Wisconsin Indian Education
Association Conference, April 13, 2007.
Presenter, “Cultural Imperialism and 5th Grade Social Studies: A Case Study,”
Wisconsin Indian Education Association, Gresham, WI, April 14, 2006.
Presenter, “Writing Native History for the Next Generation,” Sequoyah Research
Symposium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, November 15, 2003.
Presenter, “Dances with History: Qualitative Research Methodology in Indian
Country,” Sequoyah Research Symposium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov. 15, 2002.
Presenter (with Kelly Mella), “Red Power and Black Ink: Native American
Newspapers and Tribal Sovereignty,” (quantitative results), Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Miami, FL, August 10, 2002.
Presenter (with Kelly Mella) “Red Power And Black Ink: Native American
Newspapers and Tribal Sovereignty,” (qualitative results) Native Stories and Their
Keepers: Telling the Public, 2002. Sequoyah Research Center Symposium,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Nov. 16, 2001.
Presenter, “Native American Newspapers and Tribal Sovereignty: A Framework for
Understanding Tribal Attitudes About the Use of Natural Resources in Wisconsin,”
Native American Journalists Association Conference, Buffalo, NY, June 14, 2001.
Presenter, “Native American Newspapers and Tribal Sovereignty: A Framework for
Understanding Tribal Attitudes About the Use of Natural Resources in Wisconsin,”
Indigenous Environmental Conference, Six Nations, Ontario, Canada, June 12, 2001.
Presenter, “Native American Newspapers and Tribal Sovereignty: A Framework for
Understanding Tribal Attitudes About the Use of Natural Resources in Wisconsin,”
presented to the Who Owns America? III Conference, sponsored by the Land Tenure
Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, June 8, 2001.
Presenter, "Native Storytelling: Rediscovering the Ancient Craft," Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, Phoenix,
Arizona, August 9, 2000.
Presenter, “Print Culture as a Tool of Assimilation and Resistance among Ojibwe
Children, 1895-1897,” Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and
Publishing (SHARP) Conference, Madison, WI, July 16, 1999.
Presenter, “Fighting Bob, the Czar of La Pointe, and Bad Times at Bad River:
Newspaper Coverage of Wisconsin Chippewa in the Progressive Era,” Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication—Midwest Conference, History
Division, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, April 20, 1996.
Presenter, “Voices From the Boat Landings: Source Selection and Bias in Newspaper
Coverage of the Chippewa Treaty Rights Dispute,” Association for Education in
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Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington DC, August
9, 1995.
Presenter, “People of the Seventh Fire: A History of Chippewa Treaty Rights,”
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications-Midwest
Conference, History Division, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, April 1, 1995.
Invited Panels and Workshops Coordinator/Media Trainer, Tribal Youth Media Workshops, one-week and four-
week media training, documentary production, website design, youth empowerment
projects on various Indian reservations in Wisconsin, 2007-2010 (Lac Courte Oreilles
Reservation) and 2011-2017 (Bad River Reservation).
Panelist, Indigenous Peoples Day panel, Mitchell Museum, Evanston, IL, Oct. 10,
2016.
Moderator, “Science, Policy, and Water,” panel discussion, Wisconsin Academy of
Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Madison, WI, May 10, 2016.
Panelist, “Science, Religion and Environmental Ethics, Earth Day Conference, Nelson
Institute, Monona Terrace, Madison, WI April 20, 2015.
Panelist, “Race, Ethnicity, and Journalism Ethics, Journalism Ethics Conference,
Madison, WI. April 19, 2016.
Panelist, Twitter panel discussion, live one-hour twitter chat on journalism ethics,
April 18, 2016.
Panelist, Documentary Writers Workshop, Madison College, March 26, 2015.
Panelist, Midwest Environmental Health Conference, Madison, Feb. 20, 2015.
Moderator, “Inquiry and Action for Social Change Conference,” Youth Engagement
session and conference steering committee, School of Human Ecology, Oct. 9, 2014.
Teacher trainer, Indigenous Arts and Sciences program, UW Graduate School & UW
Arboretum outreach, Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center, Ashland, WI, July 26-
August 2, 2014.
Media trainer on basic camera operation and media production to fifteen department
representatives from the St. Croix and Bad River Bands of Ojibwe, Bad River
Reservation, June 4-5, 2013.
Teacher media trainer, Indigenous Arts and Sciences program, UW Graduate School
& UW Arboretum outreach, Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center, Ashland, WI, July
25-28, 2013.
Media trainer on basic camera operation and media production to eight students and
faculty, outreach campus, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, St. Croix
Ojibwe Reservation, April 27, 2012.
Media trainer, one-week session on editing and documentary production for ten St.
Croix students and faculty, outreach campus, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community
College at UW-Madison, July 16-20, 2012.
Moderator/panel coordinator, The Last Menominee and Through Tribal Eyes, “Tales
from Planet Earth Film Festival,” Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, March
30, 2012.
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Panelist, “The Right for Tribal Sovereignty (with Professors Larry Nesper, Rand
Valentine, and Richard Monette), UW Center for the Humanities, Madison, WI, May
3, 2012.
Sacred Stick documentary screening and speech, Widening the Circle Conference, La
Crosse, WI, Nov. 11, 2012.
Panelist, Edgewood College Career Counseling, Dept. of Communications, Nov. 27,
2012.
Media trainer, Barefoot Journalism Project, Quelimane, Mozambique, Terra Institute,
January 22-31, 2011.
Media trainer, “Video Editing in a PC Environment,” Native American Journalists
Association Conference, St. Paul, MN, July 23, 2010.
Panelist, Town Hall Meeting, Unity Journalists of Color Conference, Chicago, IL,
July 4, 2008.
Panelist, “War Stories of Minorities in the Military: Omission or Commissioned,”
Unity Journalists of Color Conference, Chicago, IL, July 24, 2008.
Panelist, “In Living Color: Representing Minorities in the Media,” Unity Journalists
of Color Conference, Chicago, IL, July 24, 2008.
Workshop Coordinator, “American Indian history teacher training, Wisconsin Social
Studies Association, Lacrosse, WI, October 3, 2006.
Panelist, “American Indian Veterans in the Media Panel, Southwest Texas and
American Popular Culture Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 15,
2007.
Media trainer, “Advanced Broadcast: Storytelling Made Simple,” Native American
Journalists Association Conference, Denver, CO, June 8, 2007.
Workshop coordinator, “Native Wisconsin, CESA 12 teacher training, Ashland, WI.
October 17, 2005.•
Panelist, “Indian Nations of Wisconsin,” Wisconsin Indian Education Association
Conference, Oneida Nation, April 11, 2003.
Workshop coordinator, “Strong Nations: Communities of Endurance and Renewal,”
with Marlin Mousseau, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Oct. 1,
2003.
Workshop coordinator/trainer, “Indigenous Ways of knowing: The Differences and
Similarities Between Native and Eurocentric Epistemology in the Media and
Academia,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Conference, Miami, FL, August 8, 2002.
Panelist, “Rethinking Columbus Day,” Wisconsin Book Festival, State Historical
Society, Madison, WI, Oct. 12, 2002.
Panelist, “Indian Newspapers in Wisconsin,” International Society of Weekly
Newspaper Editors Annual Conference, Madison, WI, June 27, 2001.
Online Forum Participant. • “How Indian Are You” and “Speech on the Reservation
Isn’t Free” Civil Rights in Indian Country, MPR Forum, at the invitation of
Minnesota Public Radio, April 24-May 2, 2001.
Presenter, “Native American Issues and the Media” with Shiela Reaves, Wisconsin
Indian Education Association 2001 Conference, Madison, WI, April 2, 2001. •
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Workshop coordinator/media trainer, “Covering Native American Issues” with
Bernadette Chato, Native News Network, sponsored by the Minnesota Public Radio
Civic Journalism Initiative and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic
Development, Minneapolis, MN, March 12, 2001. •
Workshop coordinator/presenter, Treaties, Traditions & Tribal Sovereignty
Conference, conference for K-12 educators, sponsored by the State Historical Society
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, December 2-3, 1999 Workshop. • "Environmental
Reporting Basics" (in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Journalists),
Panelist, Indigenous Environmental Conference, Native American Journalists
Association Conference, June 13, 2000, repeated June 14, 2000), Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
Presenter, "Ancient Reflections: Contemporary Representations of Native Americans
in Mass Media," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(AEJMC) Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, August 13, 2000.
Workshop coordinator/presenter, "Environmental Reporting Basics" in cooperation
with the Society of Environmental Journalists at the Indigenous Environmental
Conference (preceding the Native American Journalists Association Conference), Fort
Lauderdale, FL, June 14 and 15, 2000 (two workshops).
Panelist, “Sovereignty: The Struggle for Self-Governance by Native Peoples, Unity
’99: Journalists of Color Conference, Seattle, WA, July 8, 1999.
Panelist, “Grad School Gamble,” Unity ’99: Journalists of Color Conference, Seattle,
WA, July 10, 1999.
Panelist, “Tribes, Treaties, and the Northwest Territory,” Oneida Nation History
Conference, Oneida, Wisconsin, October 23, 1998.
Panelist, “Hollywood Images of American Indians,” Native American Journalists
Association National Conference, Bismarck, ND, May 25, 1995.
Panelist, “Framing and Discourse of Environmental and Health Issues among Native
American Populations,”Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, National Conference, Anaheim, CA August, 12, 1996.
Panelist, “The Hollywood Indian: Visual Representations and Stereotypes of Native
Americans,” Association for Education and Mass Communication, National
Conference, Anaheim, CA, August, 12, 1996.
Documentary Consultation (Current) The Warrior Tradition, WNED-TV (PBS), Buffalo, New York.
Natives in Service to France (working title), BEW Media Group, Paris, France.
Indian Community School of Milwaukee, consultation, directing, and shooting for
Indian Community School documentary project.
Grants Awarded 2015-2017 Baldwin grant for Oganawaabandan gikinoo ‘amaadiiwin (OGA), or
“Visual Learning,” a collaborative community-based, three-year media project with
the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe designed to address health disparities
through multimedia learning and content generation ($115,000).
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2016-2017 Study Abroad grant to support Bad River one-week undergraduate field
course ($15,000).
2015 EI (Educational Inovation) grant to develop and teach online ethnic studies
summer course (Native American Environmental Issues and the Media) class
($10,000). Supplemental CALS funding for faculty and TA support to teach course in
summer 2016 and beyond. ($10,000 and continuing).
2014 Morgridge Center grant to support equipment purchase for Oganawaabandan
gikinoo ‘amaadiiwin project ($8,300).
2014 Global Health Institute grant ($13,500) to support Bad River one-week,
undergraduate field course.
2014 Duluth-Superior Foundation, Alex Smith Fund to Support Native American
Sovereignty ($10,600) for media equipment to support Oganawaabandan gikinoo
‘amaadiiwin project.
2013 Faculty Development Grant, to learn from and assist STEM scientists in the
Earth Partnership for Schools (UW Extension, UW Arboretum, Great Lakes Indian
Fish & Wildlife, Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center) teacher workshops, Ashland,
WI, July, 2013 ($10,000).
2013 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellowship grant, to produce youth-directed
documentary about Bad River Ojibwe rice and threat from a proposed iron mine
($5,000).
2012 Global Health Institute grant to support Bad River one-week, undergraduate
field course ($11,000).
2012 Research Grant, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to assist Lac
Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College in creating a student-led research project
($8,000).
2012 UW Provost’s office, to conduct diversity recruitment at the UNITY:
Journalists of Color Conference, summer 2012 ($3,500).
2012 Forest County Potawatomi Community Foundation Grant to support Tribal
Youth Media project on the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation ($3,900).
2011 Institute on Race and Ethnicity, University of Wisconsin System for book
research on 2nd edition of Indian Nations of Wisconsin, Histories of Endurance and
Renewal ($5,000).
2011 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to assist Lac Courte Oreilles
Ojibwa Community College in creating a Blueberry Research Study ($21,300).
2011 Global Health Institute grant to support Bad River one-week, undergraduate
field course ($14,500).
2011 Travel Grant, UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, to
conduct journalism training workshops in Quelimane, Mozambique for Barefoot
Journalism Project, Terra Institute, January 22-31, 2011 ($2000).
2009-2010 UW Extension Award, UWEX TV, collaboration with Ass’t. Prof. Brett
Shaw to generate content for new environmental web channel serving county
extension agents and the public.
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2008-09 Native American Public Telecommunications, production grant, with co-
producer Michelle Danforth for research of Sacred Stick, a 30 minute PBS
documentary about lacrosse ($70,000)
2008 University of Wisconsin Institute on Race and Ethnicity, for LSC Centennial
Lecture Series ($1,800)
2009 Native American Public Telecommunications, research grant, with co-producer
Michelle Danforth for research of Sacred Stick, a 30 minute PBS documentary about
lacrosse ($25,000)
2009 UW-Madison Graduate School, Faculty Research Grant for Sacred Stick
($45,000 deferred until 2010).
National Endowment for the Humanities for Way of the Warrior, a one-hour
documentary on Native American Veterans and the Warrior Ethic for national PBS
broadcast in November 2007 ($80,000)
2005-07 Baldwin “Wisconsin Idea” Grant with Sanjay Limaye, Director of Education,
UW Space Science and Engineering Center, for space science/Native American
astronomy outreach to tribal schools, 2007conference, and book entitled “Star Stories:
Expanding the Cultural Universe ($120,000).
2006-07 Native American Public Telecommunications for production of Way of the
Warrior ($75,000)
UW-Madison Graduate School in support funds for Way of the Warrior ($83,000).
Ho-Chunk Nation for Way of the Warrior website design ($3,000).
Morgridge Center for Public Service (2000-2007) for service-learning documentary
class ($1,000 the first two years, then provided Fellow).
Hatch Grant (2000-2002), for research project that looked at the relationship between
Native newspapers and sovereignty ($80,000).
Grant Projects Planning in Progress Childhood Obesity Prevention, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
($3 million) collaborative community project with Center for Integrated Agricultural
Systems, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, UW-Extension, and Bad
River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, focused on food sovereignty, food systems,
nutrition, and youth empowerment (submission 2016).
Collaboration between Native American Telecommunications Board, ImagineNative
(Aboriginal film group, Toronto) and Canadian Film Board for floating film festival
with stops in indigenous communities along the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes Region
on both sides of the border (submission 2015).
Professional Awards APEX Excellence in Publications Award (Writing), We Shall Remain Library and
Event Kit, 2009.
News Writing Award, Wisconsin Broadcasters Assocation, In Wisconsin “St. Francis
Football,” (producer, writer, narrator) 2009.
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Best Documentary, National Parks Wisconsin (narrator) Milwaukee Press Club, 2009.
Broadcast Writing Award, Northwest Broadcast News Association, In Wisconsin “St.
Francis Football,” (producer, writer, narrator) 2009.
Best Talk/Public Affairs Program, Northwest Broadcast News Association, In
Wisconsin (host), 2009.
Best Public Affairs Program, First Place, Milwaukee Press Club, 2009 (2005-2008)
RTNDA/Unity Award, Radio and Television News Directors Association, (Way ofthe
Warrior) 2008.
Best International Documetary (Way of the Warrior), Maori Film Festival, Wairoa,
New Zealand, 2008.
Platinum Award (Way of the Warrior), Houston Film Festival, 2008.
2008 Emmy nomination, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,
Outstanding Achievement, In Wisconsin, 2008, 2007.
Best Public Affairs Show, WeekEnd, Milwaukee Press Club and Wisconsin
Broadcasters Association, 1993-1995; 1997, 1999-2002.
Best Feature Story-Merit Award, “Chief Bender,” Wisconsin Broadcasters
Association, 2002.
Best Feature Story, Indian Treaty Rights and Sovereignty, Native American
Journalists Association, 2000.
Best Public Affairs Program, WeekEnd Century to Century, Milwaukee Press Club,
1999.
Best Public Affairs Program, WeekEnd ,Wisconsin Public Television, Milwaukee
Press Club, 1999.
Best Editorial- Merit Award, “Thanksgiving Commentary” WeekEnd, Wisconsin
Public Television, Milwaukee Press Club, 1998.
Best Video, American Indian Film and Video Festival, Public Service Announcement
for Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
1997.
Media Excellence Award, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, May 16, 1998,
Waukesha, Wisconsin for three part series on discrimination encountered by people
with mental illnesses, 1997.
Writer's Cup Award, Madison Professional Chapter of Women in Communications,
1996.
Best Video, Native American Journalists Association, for Wild Rice feature about
ricing on the Bad River Chippewa Reservation, Wisconsin Public Television, 1995.
Best Documentary, Associated Press for Bitter Harvest, a thirty-minute documentary
on migrant worker housing conditions, 1994.
Best Continuing Coverage, Associated Press for migrant worker stories, 1994.
Best of Madison, Madison Magazine, 1993
Woman of the Year, Eagles Auxiliary 730, 1993.
Best of Madison, Isthmus, 1992.
Orchid Award, Madison Community Action Coalition for Spring of Discontent, a
documentary that promoted understanding of Indian treaty rights, 1990.
Iris Nomination-Best Documentary, National Association of Television
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Programming Executives (NATPE) for Throwaway Future documentary about
environmentalism and recycling, 1989.
Portland Mayor's Award, Portland, OR for promotion of cultural understanding
through the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association, 1984.
University Service Director and Liaison for Indigenous Communities, 4W (For Women, Well-being,
Wisconsin, and the World), 2014-present.
Faculty lead, Native Nations Initiative. Collaborative effort between University of
Wisconsin-Madison, UW Extension, and UW Colleges to promote research and
outreach partnerships with twelve Indian nations in Wisconsin, 2015-continuing.
Coordinator, UW Listening Sessions with Native Nations: Bad River/Red Cliff;
Oneida/Mohican/Brothertown; Lac Courte Oreilles/St. Croix; and urban Indians,
summer 2016.
Steering Committee, Wisconsin Without Borders, 2015-present.
Liaison, BEW Media (French Film Company), Native American Service in France
during WWII, 2015-present.
Member, APC (Academic Planning Council), Nelson Institute for Environmental
Studies, UW-Madison, 2015-present.
Member, Governance Committee, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW
Madison, 2015-present.
Provost Appointee, Search Committee, Vice-Chancellor for Diversity, UW-Madison,
Nov.-April, 2015.
Steering Committee, Native Nations Summit, Nelson Institute, March 12-13, 2015.
Provost Appointee, Five-year Review Committee, School of Human Ecology, BS-
Department of Community and Non-profit Leadership, April 2015-present.
Ecuadoran Delegation facilitator, Global Health Institute, Bad River visit, April 12-
13, 2015.
Mock presentation judge, NAMA chapter, UW-Madison, LSC, April 8, 2015.
Post-Tenure Review, Prof. Kenneth Townsend, Coastal Carolina University, 2015.
Strategic Plan Committee, Northland College, Ashland, WI., 2015.
CALS Scholastic Policies and Actions Committee, 2014-present.
Act 31 Study Committee (Wisconsin Historical Society, UW Extension, Wisconsin
Public Television consortium), 2013-present.
4 Ws Initiative (Women and Wellbeing in Wisconsin and the World), Center for
Nonprofits, SoHE, 2014.
Diversity Committee, Nelson Institute 2011-2014.
Advisory Committee, Wisconsin Historical Society, New Museum Initiative, 2014.
CALS Scholastic Policies and Actions Committee, 2006-2010.
Nelson Center Graduate Admissions Committee, 2014.
Tribal Sovereignty Environmental Summit Steering Committee, Nelson Institute,
2014-2015.
UW Arboretum Committee, 2008-2014.
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UW Reaccreditation (Diversity), 2009.
Chancellor’s Scholar Mentor, 2007-present.
McNair Scholarship Mentor, 2007-present.
LSC Graduate Committee, 2008-present.
LSC Awards Committee 2013-present
WSUM Student Radio Governance Board Chair, 2008-2011.
CALS Equity and Diversity Committee, 2004-2011.
Professional Experience • Program Host, WHA TV, Madison, Wis. (PBS), In Wisconsin, a thirty-minute news
magazine (2003-2011).
• Host, Dr. Martin Luther King Day coverage, Wisconsin Public Television, 1998-
present.
• Co-host, Weekend, a live one hour news, public affairs and interview program, writing,
reporting, community outreach (1993-2002).
• News Anchor/Reporter, WKOW TV, Madison, Wis. (ABC), co-anchor 5pm, 6pm,
and 10pm weekday newscasts (1985-1994); environmental reporting, documentary
production, public speaking, special projects.
• Freelance writer, feature articles and guest columns appearing in The Capital Times,
Madison Magazine, Wisconsin State Journal, and News From the Sloughs (Bad River
Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe Tribal Newspaper); special reports airing on KOAP TV
(PBS), Portland, Oregon (1984-1985).
• Moderator, The Multi-cultural Press World Affairs Inc., Montreal, a national news and
public affairs program airing on PBS and CBC (Canada) 1994-95.
• Feature Reporter, KATU TV, Portland, Oregon (ABC), writing, travel reporting,
anchoring Faces and Places and AM Northwest, 1981-85.
• Co-Host, KHQ TV, Spokane, Washington (NBC) writing, reporting, editing and
hosting PM Magazine (1979-81).
• News Anchor/Reporter, WKOW TV, Madison, Wis. (ABC), writing, reporting,
producing, editing, anchoring 10pm newscasts (1975-79).
• News Anchor/Reporter, WXOW TV, LaCrosse, Wis. (ABC), producing, reporting,
writing, editing and anchoring weekend Newscasts (1975-76).
• News Anchor/Reporter, WKTY-AM/WSPL-FM, LaCrosse, Wis. producing, reporting,
anchoring radio newscasts, 1974-75.
Public History We Shall Remain, WGBH (PBS Boston) multi-part series American Experience,
wrote library event kit and resource guide & consulted on Teachers Guide, 2008.
“Celebrating Wisconsin’s Native Heritage,” walk-through public history display
coordinated by Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council in conjunction with the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival, Wisconsin Humanities Council, and twelve Indian nations in
Wisconsin. I coordinated research and wrote text for the exhibit, displayed during the
Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commemoration, August 20-23, 1998.
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“Treaties, Traditions, and Tribal Sovereignty, co-coordinator of two-day conference
for K-12 teachers, sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society, December 2-3,
1999.
Leadership and Public Service Co-leader, UW/UW-EX/UW Colleges-Native Nations Initiative, 2016-present.
UNITY: Journalists for Diversity, Senior Advisory Panel, 2014-present.
Curator, Board of Curators, Wisconsin Historical Society, 2015-present.
Director and Liaison to Indigenous Communities, 4W (For Women, Well-being,
Wisconsin, and the World), 2014-present.
Board of Directors, Lac du Flambeau Living Arts and Cultural Center, 2013-2016.
Board of Directors, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Alumni Association, 2012-
2016.
Faculty Senator, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison, 2011-
2014.
Act 31 Study Committee (Wisconsin Historical Society, UW Extension, Wisconsin
Public Television consortium), 2013-present.
Editorial Board, Building Bridges community-based journalism program, Terra
Institute (Land Tenure Center), 2009-present.
Editorial Board, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Winds of
Change, quarterly publication, 2011-2016
Advisory Board, Native American Press Archives, University of Arkansas at Little
Rock, 2007-2014.
Advisory Committee, Edgewood College Communications Program, 2009-present.
Executive Committee (Secretary), UNITY: Journalists of Color representing National
Association of Hispanic Journalists, Asian American Journalists Association, Native
American Journalists Association, 2010-2012.
Board of Directors, UNITY: Journalists of Color, 2007-2012.
Policy Chair, UNITY: Journalists of Color, 2007-2011.
Trustee, Wisconsin Nature Conservancy 2004-2006.
Women in Science and Engineering Leadership (WISELI) training facilitator for
search and screen committees, 2006.
Chair, Search and Screen Committee, CALS Associate Dean of Minority Affairs and
Minority Affairs coordinator, 2004-2005.
Governor’s Appointee, Madison Cultural Arts District Board of Directors, 2005-2007.
Board of Directors, Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, New York, 2005-2007.
Board of Directors, The Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 2004-2006.
Board of Directors, Native American Journalists Association, 2000-2003.
Board of Directors, Native American Public Telecommunications Board, 1999-2002.
Program Committee, Unity ’99: Journalists of Color Conference, Seattle, WA, July 7-
12, 1999.
Native American Council of Madison, Board of Directors-Secretary,1996-1999.
Ethnic Advisory Committee, Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission, 1997-1998.
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Board of Directors, Dane County Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1992-1994.
Board of Directors, Portland, OR-Sapporo, Japan Sister City program, 1980-1984.
Community Enrolled Member, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe.
Women’s Traditional Pow Wow Dancer.
Traditional Ojibwe beading.
Friends of Dane County Parks
Fundraiser, “Native Vote.”
Member, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters
Member, Pope Family Park Conservancy, Middleton, WI.
