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Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums : Welcome

This guide is intended to assist students participating in the iSchool's Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums program.

Ask Us About This Guide!

This guide was created by Zoey Colglazier and Lizzie Oswalt, both students in the Library and Information Science Master's program at UW-Madison. For questions or comments about the guide, please contact us at gls-tlam-swg-lib@g-groups.wisc.edu.

 

Thank You Friends of the UW Madison Libraries.

This guide was made possible by a generous grant from the Friends of the UW Madison Libraries. We thank the Friends for their support of this project.

Land Recognition

The University of Wisconsin–Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial. In an 1832 treaty, the Ho-Chunk were forced to cede this territory. Decades of ethnic cleansing followed when both the federal and state government repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, sought to forcibly remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin. This history of colonization informs our shared future of collaboration and innovation. Today, UW–Madison respects the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation, along with the eleven other First Nations of Wisconsin.

(Our Shared Future UW-Madison, Heritage Marker, Bascom Hill)

Ho-Chunk Clan Circle at Bakke Recreational Center

Welcome to TLAM

This guide is intended to be an introduction to Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (TLAM) within the UW-Madison Information School. Use the links on the side to dive in and find information on library services such as reserving spaces for meetings, class reserves, TLAM project archives, student groups on campus and so much more. Check out upcoming events on campus and TLAM primers on the right, and find related research guides on the left.

Tribal nations are sovereigns and thus retain the inherent right to govern themselves. That extends to making decisions about their historical and cultural institutions. Indigenous peoples have maintained their own practices for knowledge organization and preservation for thousands of years. Historically, western Euro-centric ideologies have violated Indigenous cultural sovereignty through theft of artifacts, delegitimization of knowledge systems, and reluctance to repatriate items such as ancestor remains and funerary objects. We respect tribal nation sovereignty, and this guide is designed to provide resources to students so they can support tribal goals.

Archaeological Sites on Campus

A map of sites across campus

From the Isthmus

Land Grant Universities

It is important to recognize that the University of Wisconsin (as well as dozens of other colleges across the country) is a land-grant institution. This means that land for the campus as well as for an income stream came from stolen lands administered under the Morrill Act of 1862. These lands were not just in Wisconsin, but from all over, and the money gained from stealing these lands funded universities. We must acknowledge this truth.

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Reading List

Not sure where to get starting? Check out these readings.

Indian Nations of Wisconsin by Patty Loew
Call Number: e-book, from catalog use Online Access link
ISBN: 9780870205941
Publication Date: 2013-06-01
From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, Indian Nations of Wisconsin explores Wisconsin's rich Native tradition.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

Call Number: e-book, from catalog use Online Access link

ISBN: 9780873518628

Publication Date: 2012-05-01

More than one hundred stereotype-debunking questions-thoughtful, awkward, and searching-answered with solid information, humor, and compassion.