Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums Project at UW-Madison SLIS
When someone mentions Wisconsin Dells, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Water parks? Roller coasters? Stories your grandma told you about some funky rock formations? While all of these are certainly true, the Wisconsin Dells have more
When offered the chance to join a group of talented and service-minded individuals throughout the state, we leapt at the opportunity to become part of the longstanding partnership between SLIS and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. What
Little did we know going into our first trip to Red Cliff in February that the next time we were all gathered there, it would be for Ginanda Gikendaasomin’s grand opening, an event seven years in the making. With that
It was a whirlwind trip to Red Cliff this month, in which we met with some awesome new folks and made great headway in the library. For some of us, this was our first trip to Red Cliff, so we
TLAM students –– and a few alum, too –– traveled to Red Cliff on October 9-12 to help with their new interim library, scheduled to open soon. Here are a few photos of the trip!
Here’s an update from each of the groups on how their service-learning project is going! One month left of the semester, and then work will continue with the TLAM Student Group… Ho-Chunk Nation and the Dells Youth and Learning Center
After getting snowed out of our first trip planned in February, we were finally able to make it up to Red Cliff–and the timing could not have been better. Our Meeting We dropped off our bags at the no vacancy
On Friday, February 28th, myself and two other students in the TLAM class were given the opportunity to join members of the TLAM Student Group for a trip up to the Oneida Nation. This trip was particularly opportune because it
Over the course of the last few weeks of class, we TLAM students have had the opportunity to engage with a variety of guest speakers to explore a host of topics relating to tribal libraries, archives, and museums. We have
We’re heading into week nine here in TLAM, and I wanted to take some time to talk about how this class has been affecting me personally. TLAM is one of those classes that really grabs you and makes you care