This week’s readings were particularly poignant for me, since they involved the ethical dilemmas of photographing Native American people. During the late 19th and early 20th century heyday of such photography, the pictures were often staged somewhat offensively by non-Native
TLAM 2011 Trip to Stockbridge-Munsee/Menominee Nation
“To be an Indian is having non-Indians control the documents from which other non-Indians write their version of your history.” –-William T. Hagan, “Archival Captive—The American Indian.” Although the sheer volume of American Indian archival materials in non-native collections is
Menominee II
Students Spending Their Spring Break in Louisiana Helping the Houma Nation
Students at UW-Oshkosh from the Menominee, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Oneida spent their spring break helping the Houma Nation recover from the lingering damage from Gulf Coast hurricanes in recent years, including bringing donated children’s books. They went to Louisiana as representatives
Spring Break in Menominee!
Gabe’s account of our trip to the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee libraries, archives, museums.