Native American

A new program at UW-Madison aims to support Indigenous graduate students through the hoops and hurdles of academia. 

Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee is developing a care plan after two mounds were recently identified on the property. Elsewhere in the state, volunteers with the the Effigy Mounds Initiative work to preserve mounds by cataloguing them and removing invasive vegetation.

An exhibit at Madison College features the work of 18 Native artists from tribes around the state. Curator Micaela Salas hopes it will showcase Indigenous resilience and creativity.

So far this year, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin has seen a nearly 70 percent decrease in overdoses leading to hospitalizations or deaths.

After securing key state permits, hurdles remain for Enbridge’s controverial plan to reroute Line 5 around the Bad River tribe’s reservation, including legal challenges and calls from tribal leaders to deny federal approval of the project.

Last week, a conference in northcentral Wisconsin brought together Indigenous entrepreneurs, tribal leaders and other industry professionals to discuss the state of economic development and housing in Wisconsin’s indigenous communities.

President Joe Biden’s formal apology for federally funded Native American boarding schools is a step in the right direction, some tribal citizens say, but the legacy of forced assimilation at the schools can affect families to this day.

It’s the latest indication that tribal leaders aren’t backing down in a longstanding dispute over access to roads.

Ho-Chunk curator Tom Jones hopes the exhibit will document his tribe’s basketmaking tradition, which is under threat from the emerald ash borer.

Martha Buche is of Potawatomi descent. Her journey to reconnect with her heritage through traditional arts — and to teach those arts to others — has earned her an award for her work.