Indigenous Peoples

The Milwaukee Art Museum is debuting its new Lakeside at MAM series with a performance by Native American artist Ronnie Preston, who will be leading a land blessing; performing storytelling, dancing and drumming; and teaching about native culture through art.

The cultural relevance of maple syrup goes further than a sweet treat for Anishinaabe people in Wisconsin. The process of extracting sap from sugar maples is a long held tradition used to teach important lessons.

According to CDC data from 2009 to 2019, Native people were 2.2 times more likely to be killed by police than white people and 1.2 times more likely than Black people.

The rapidly eroding Lake Michigan shoreline is also raising questions about the future of the controversial project adjacent to Kohler-Andrae State Park.

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust is a documentary about the difficult and complex history of the valley of Payahuunadü, or Owens Valley, in California and the people who continue to fight for the land to this day.

Each year the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council selects a governing member to deliver the annual address. This year, that person is John Johnson of Luc du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

Gov. Tony Evers signed off Wednesday on the Ho-Chunk Nation’s plans to open a casino and entertainment complex in Beloit, hailing the project as job creator that will help the region recover from the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new documentary, End Of The Line: The Women of Standing Rock, tells the story of a group of women who have dedicated their lives to fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

Wisconsin recently held its first gray wolf hunt since 2014. Native tribes exercised their treaty rights to 50-percent of the quota in ceded territory and the state was left with a target of 119 wolves for nontribal hunters. In just the first three days of the weeklong hunt, nontribal hunters registered 215 dead wolves, blowing past the state’s goal.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Native Americans in the United States have the highest rate of chronic disease among all…