First Nations Studies 2024-2025 Webinar Lecture Series

Presenting Indigeneity in Museums and Other Educational Spaces with Dr. Kendra Greendeer

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

About the Lecture Series
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) - American Indian Studies Program in partnership with CESA 12 is offering a unique opportunity to participate in a series of webinars to continue your journey of personal and professional development around First Nations Studies.

These monthly 1.5 hour webinar lecture series workshops will begin in November 2024 and continue through June 2025. The lecture series will feature various Native American scholars in the fields of history, literature, education, among other academic content areas. At each session, you will have the opportunity to hear from and learn from Indigenous authors and speakers.

*NOTE: You must be present during the advertised date and time(s) to participate and watch the webinar. The webinars will NOT BE RECORDED. Additionally, participants do NOT have permission or authorization to record either via video or audio the contents of the session attending.*

Date and Time: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 4:30pm -6:00pm | Zoom Video Conference Opens at 4:00pm (Pre-registration Required)

Presenter: Kendra Greendeer, Ph.D., (Ho-Chunk Nation and descendant of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), Ihlenfeld Curator of Collaborative and Community Exhibitions

Title: Presenting Indigeneity in Museums and Other Education Spaces

Description: Museums, libraries, and other educational places act as trusted sources of information outside of a school classroom setting. Based on the American Alliance of Museum’s survey, Museums and Trust 2021, the museum is viewed as a nonpartisan space that influences public attitudes and behavior. The level of influence and education that a museum provides to a general public allows for researched information to change the way the public perceives issues, especially Indigenous cultures, art, and histories. Yet, so many institutions and educational spaces rarely incorporate Indigenous presence within these spaces to rectify misinformation about Indigenous Nations. Join Dr. Kendra Greendeer as she explores the significance of past, present, and future Indigenous representation and how these educational spaces impacts the broader public’s understanding of Indigenous cultures, communities, and people, and how we can work together in education settings to allow for more understanding.

Bio: Kendra Greendeer, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and descendant of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, is the Ihlenfeld Curator of Collaborative and Community Exhibitions at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her research explores the work of contemporary Native American women artists who enact rematriation as a method, Indigenous museum practices, and land and materiality relations.

Dr. Greendeer received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023. She earned her M.A. in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University in Washington, District of Columbia, and her B.F.A. in Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She recently completed a fellowship as the Paul Mellon Guest Predoctoral Fellow at the National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. She has also assisted with numerous exhibitions and community-based projects relating to Ho-Chunk art and history.

Registration: Link to Event Page | Event Registration Form

Participant Outcomes
As a result of attending this webinar series, participants will have an opportunity to:

•  have an opportunity to continue their journey of personal and professional development around First Nations Studies.
•  learn about and gain an understanding of the unique circumstances faced by Native people in the past and today and the effect it has on today's students, families, and communities.
•  receive information, resources to identify books, and strategies to support teaching and learning about Native peoples, communities, and nations.
•  deepen their understanding of the American Indian experience through stories and information shared by the speakers.
•  understand the historical experiences and contemporary issues of American Indian peoples and nations through storytelling, language, literacy, etc.

Facilitator

Bwaakoningwiid David J. O'Connor, American Indian Studies Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; Phone: (608) 267-2283 or david.oconnor@dpi.wi.gov. 

Additional Information/Disclaimers
The training webinar will NOT be recorded or otherwise shared after the scheduled dates. The DPI American Indian Studies Program has found that this allows for more candid conversations, richer dialogue, and increased participation.

This training webinar does NOT meet statutory license stipulations for "Wisconsin American Indian Tribes and Bands", which is often referenced as Wisconsin Act 31. For those seeking to address statuary license stipulations, please visit the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Educator Preparation and Licensing - Statutory License Stipulations webpage for a list of approved courses and workshops. You can also visit the DPI American Indian Studies Program for further information.

* The DPI American Indian Studies Program reserves the right to prioritize enrollment to LEAs with federally-identified IDEA status, Wisconsin's First Nations, and districts with significant educational equity needs.

Training Format
Each webinar session will be 1.5 hours in length and facilitated by Bwaakoningwiid David J. O'Connor in partnership with the respective presenters for each session. The sessions are intended to be interactive and will include discussion time at the end of each session.

These sessions will be facilitated online using the Zoom cloud video conferencing platform.

Registration and Fees
There are NO registration fees to participate in these webinars offered by the DPI American Indian Studies Program, which are funded through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).

Funding for this training limits individual acceptance to WISCONSIN RESIDENTS only. Registration is limited to 300 individuals per session. Pre-registration is required.

Registration: Link to Event Page | Event Registration Form

***Each session must be registered separately for the First Nations Studies 2024-2025 Webinar Lecture Series.

Questions

Judy Ross, Administrative Assistant
CESA #12
American Indian Studies Program, https://dpi.wi.gov/amind
400 Lake Shore Drive East, Ashland, WI 54806
Direct Line: 715-685-1837
Email: judyr@cesa12.org | Visit us on Facebook

For more great training opportunities offered by DPI American Indian Studies Program, please visit our webpage: Calendar of Events