Summary
From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal explores Wisconsin's rich Native tradition. Each chapter is a compact tribal history of one of the state's Indian nations--Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oneida, Menominee, Mohican and Brothertown, and Ho-Chunk--and the book relies on the historical perspectives of Native people. Author Patty Loew focuses on oral tradition--stories, songs, the recorded words of Indian treaty negotiators, and interviews--as well as other untapped Native sources, such as tribal newspapers, to present a distinctly different view of history.
Elders and tribal historians from each of the twelve Native communities represented in the book participated in the book's development--making suggestions, recommending sources, and offering criticism. Indian Nations of Wisconsin is illustrated with more than seventy photographs.
Patiy Loew, Ph.D., is an enrolled member of the Bad Biver Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and a recipient of the Outstanding Service Award of the Great Lakes Intertribal Council. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a producer for WHA-TV (PBS), and co-host of WeekEnd, a weekly news and public affairs program that airs statewide on Wisconsin Public Television. She has written dozens of scholarly and general interest articles on Native topics and produced several award-winning documentaries, which have appeared on commercial and public television stations throughout the country.
