TLAM students are currently engaged in two major service-learning projects with Native American communities throughout Wisconsin. Click the links below to find out more!
Red Cliff Tribal Library – Ginanda Gikendaamin
Since 2008, when the Red Cliff Public Library was forced to close, the Red Cliff Ojibwa have collaborated with students and staff from the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) to reestablish library services to the tribal reservation and community in northern Wisconsin. The partnership has led to a resolution passed in 2011 to support a new capital campaign for a library and community center.
Ho-Chunk Nation Youth Services Learning Center
Since early 2011, TLAM students have been working with the teachers at the Ho-Chunk Nation Youth Services Learning Center in Baraboo, WI, to organize and catalog their collection of children’s and young adult books. Future plans include developing a blueprint for a functional library space and collecting relevant material for Native youth.
Past Projects
A.J. Kingsbury Photographs – Langlade County Historical Society
In 2011, members of TLAM partnered with the Langlade County Historical Society to digitize their collection of photographs taken by A.J. Kingsbury, a prominent Wisconsin photographer in the early 20th century. Many of Kingsbury’s photographs depict Menominee and Ojibwa people from northeast Wisconsin, and TLAM students assisted in researching and cataloging those images.