First off, Oneida I is a great post. Thanks to Eric (?) I’m guessing, and yes, that time with Tom was very special. I do have more than these few photos, but I don’t want to bog down the blog. I’ll post a link shortly to ones with updated captions, etc. Still figuring out this blog software. – cbj (the other christina)
Oneida Part I (February 27, 2009)
Oneida wasn’t a trip so much as an experience. An experience that presented engaging tours galore, fascinating community members and consummate professionals–librarians, archivists, curators, bus-drivers, tour guides–that ran the gamut of the Oneida nation of Green Bay. In short, there wasn’t one
Update 2/10/09
I will attempt to document briefly the progress of the class. The first speakers that we had were Larry Nesper, Doug Kiel and Skott Vigil. Larry spoke to us about treaty history in Wisconsin. We discussed the nuances of several
Proposal for Conference 2/23/09
For the TLAM conference in Portland, Oregon in October several of us got together and discussed a proposal. I was only there for the preliminary part of the meeting, during which time we discussed objectives for our presentation. Here is
Teleconference with Red Cliff Library Board Members 2/19/09
Last night we had teleconference with members from the Red Cliff board. The people that were able to join us were Sue DePerry, Rene Lushko, and Loretta Gokee, attending on our side of the line was Louise, Michele, Christina, Cat,
U. Club Luncheon
Today was an interesting class in that we all met at the University Club. We were joined by Ryan Comfort (Recruitment & Retention Specialist [Student Diversity Programs]) and his assistant Aaron Bird-Bear, Tracy Peterson (American Indian Student Academic Services), and
J.P. Leary (Feb. 5, ’09)
One quick note about J.P.’s presentation : I found it fascinating (and a little disturbing) that schools around the state don’t inform their students more about the possibility of working for a tribe–especially when a respective tribe is the biggest employer in the region.
Comments on American Indian Education: by Indians vesus for Indians
Obviously the history of the treatment of American Indians in the US is a painful reminder of the atrocities committed over the past 200+ years. This article I think does a good job of parsing out the good from the