Annual Capser Tribute: Patty Loew, Speaker
Open to the Public!
At Madeline Island Museum
6:30pm: Reception
7:30pm: Program
$10 per person, whether a member or non-member. Click here to register.
Iceland to Madeline: Dangerous Connections between Vikings and the Ojibwe?
What can Icelandic Sagas, a supernova, and the introduction of European diseases tell us about the Anishinaabe Migration Story and the journey back to the ?Food That Grows on Water?? Professor Patty Loew (Mashkiiziibii Ojibwe) explores 10th century encounters that raise interesting questions about how to do respectful cross-cultural research.
Guest Speaker: Patty Loew, Professor Emerita in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and the inaugural director of NU's Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (retired).
As a professor in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Prof. Loew taught Native American Environmental Issues and the Media and journalism history to undergraduates and led a "Medill Explores" course for graduate students. She recently retired as director of Northwestern's Center for Native American and Indigenous Research.
Since 2006 she has led the Tribal Youth Media initiative, a digital media project that seeks to help create the next generation of Native American storytellers and land stewards.
Professor Loew is a citizen of Mashkiiziibii, The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
