We had an amazing time in Portland, Oregon at the 2009 Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums National Conference! This conference was life changing. We met so many wonderful people from across the US, Canada, and even New Zealand, doing phenomenal things for their
WLA 2009 Special Service Award for the Red Cliff Project
On October 22, 2009, the Wisconsin Library Association Awards Banquet recognizes the Red Cliff Library Project by awarding a 2009 Special Service Award to the three SLIS students who conducted the project. The project with Red Cliff helped to support and encourage the creation of TLAM at the UW-Madison School
TLAM article from the Potawatomi Traveling Times
Winda Collins (Managing Editor, Potawatomi Traveling Times) shared with us a copy of the article that was in the April 1, 2009 edition of the Potawatomi Traveling Times (FCP’s newspaper) from our TLAM visit to the FCP Museum/Library back in March… Here’s
Loriene Roy visits
Loriene Roy the past president of the ALA and reowned Native American librarian, author, and professor came to visit and present to the SLIS community. Her presentation in the SLIS commons was an explanation of her past experiences in the
Archives
On April 17th we had a meeting discussing the archives portion of our class investigation. Amy Cooper Cary, UW-Milwaukee archivist, Mark Theil Marquette University archivist and Troy Reeves Oral History and Archives at the WI Historical Society all joined us for brunch followed by
Bad River/Red Cliff Day Three
Quick breakfast at Super 8 on Saturday morning after a night out of visiting with Cat’s and Christina J’s friends, respectively. Met Jim and Renee at the library shortly after 9 and spent four-plus hours cleaning, sorting and reshelving. Sue
Bad River/Red Cliff Day One and Two
Day one of the Bad River/Red Cliff trip started off with about 6 hour drive to the Bad River reservation. We arrived in the early afternoon and went straight to the library. There we met with Norma Soulier and Phillip
Bad River/Red Cliff Trip Day One
Outside class
A preview of the PBS American Experience “We Shall Remain” series was shown Tuesday, March 31, at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Episode 5, “Wounded Knee,” which will be broadcast May 11, was shown. The plan was to show most but
Nancy Mithlo and Tom Jones 3/27/09 Tribal Museums
This week we had speakers Nancy Mithlo and Tom Jones discuss their experiences and professional work with museums. Nancy’s background is in anthropology and she has studied and worked all over the country. She spoke about Native American art and