Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums Project at UW-Madison SLIS
Attendees of the fifth Convening Culture Keepers at Oneida, Wisconsin On November 8 and 9, over thirty Wisconsin tribal librarians, archivists, and museum curators at the fifth gathering of Convening Culture Keepers (CCK) hosted by the Oneida Nation. Eleven SLIS
How did tribal libraries begin, anyway? This week in TLAM, our co-instructor Janice Rice discussed tribal libraries and their complex roles in the communities they serve. Tribal libraries got their start from the days of native boarding schools. In the
How many tribal libraries are there in Wisconsin? More than three years ago, when asked this simple question, a group of UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies students recognized a gap in LIS education. We couldn’t answer the question.
Our second class trip was as delightful and as insightful as our first. We toured the Potawatomi Cultural Center Library and Museum which are all housed in the same building. Kim Wensaut who is the librarian on staff and the