We began our classroom journey this week in the company of Rand Valentine, associate professor of American Indian studies and linguistics, here at UW-Madison. Valentine came to speak to us about the ever-present need to fight a battle to save
Welcome to TLAM 2011!
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.
Week 4 (2010 TLAM): Visit with the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
The 2010 TLAM class, along with some guests, visited the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin near Green Bay. We drove up north for our day visit early one winter morning in mid-February from Madison. In the morning we were welcomed warmly
Week 3: Tribal Histories
In last week’s class, we learned about Indigenous languages and came away feeling that they’re something priceless to preserve. This week, TLAM focused on American Indian history. Or, as our guests emphasized, tribal histories. Maybe a little like Indigenous languages
TLAM Week 2 – Language
This year’s TLAM begins with language. There are many Indigenous languages still spoken in Wisconsin and thinking about their significance, survival, and revitalization seems like a good place to start our semester-long journey. To help us understand the importance of
TLAM Spring 2010
We are excited to begin a second spring semester of TLAM at UW-Madison SLIS! The Spring 2010 TLAM course began last week. Founding TLAM students, Omar Poler and Christina Johnson, continue to maintain the course with one of the TLAM advisors,
2009 TALM National Conference (Portland, OR… October 19-22)
We had an amazing time in Portland, Oregon at the 2009 Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums National Conference! This conference was life changing. We met so many wonderful people from across the US, Canada, and even New Zealand, doing phenomenal things for their
TLAM article from the Potawatomi Traveling Times
Winda Collins (Managing Editor, Potawatomi Traveling Times) shared with us a copy of the article that was in the April 1, 2009 edition of the Potawatomi Traveling Times (FCP’s newspaper) from our TLAM visit to the FCP Museum/Library back in March… Here’s
Loriene Roy visits
Loriene Roy the past president of the ALA and reowned Native American librarian, author, and professor came to visit and present to the SLIS community. Her presentation in the SLIS commons was an explanation of her past experiences in the
Archives
On April 17th we had a meeting discussing the archives portion of our class investigation. Amy Cooper Cary, UW-Milwaukee archivist, Mark Theil Marquette University archivist and Troy Reeves Oral History and Archives at the WI Historical Society all joined us for brunch followed by