Indigenous Peoples

A historical marker used to recognize one of the last remaining Native American burial mounds in Milwaukee County. For "Bubbler Talk," we learn why it was removed and what's next for the sacred burial site.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center recently hosted an inaugural Native Heritage Celebration to expose the community to Indigenous cultures.

The logging history and culture of northern Wisconsin are remembered differently in Hayward, WI and on the neighboring Lac Courte Oreilles reservation.

The Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is visiting Milwaukee to collect oral histories of the states boarding school survivors.

UWM Adjunct Lecturer Marin Denning joins Lake Effect to discuss the impacts of intergenerational trauma on Indigenous communities ahead of a UWM's Trauma in Our Community Conference.

In 1971, Indigenous activists ripped the plywood off the abandoned Coast Guard station in Milwaukee's McKinley Park and occupied it. They successfully shaped the future, and a mysterious bridge remains.

A group called the Sturgeon Protectors is welcoming the sturgeon returning to Milwaukee waterways.

Powwows are popular community events. The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center held an etiquette class to prepare the community this season.

The annual remarks this year were delivered by the chairman of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Thomas Fowler.

World-renowned chef, community builder, and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation Elena Terry sees food as an opportunity for preserving tradition, and a canvas for creativity.