Share Your Voice: Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe (Hayward)

 Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe (Hayward)

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Tribal members discuss plans for a new Wisconsin history museum

Story and photos by Dean Witter
Wisconsin Historical Foundation

HAYWARD — The first of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s new museum engagement and listening sessions planned for the 12 American Indian nations of Wisconsin — titled “Walking Together in a Good Way: American Indian Engagement for the New Museum Project and Beyond” — was held Oct. 2, 2018 with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe at the tribe’s Sevenwinds Casino, Lodge & Conference Center.

Tribal elder Faith Smith speaks to Society Director Christian Øverland during the first American Indian engagement session with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe in Hayward.

Christian Øverland, the Ruth and Hartley Barker Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, and Rebecca Comfort, the Society’s American Indian Nation Liaison, had a good discussion with Tribal Chairman Louis Taylor and Vice Chair Jason Schlender before the evening event with tribal members, which produced meaningful personal conversations. 

Jason Schlender, Vice Chair of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, shares stories of his tribe’s history during the new museum engagement session in Hayward.
The first of the Society’s new museum engagement sessions planned with each of the 12 American Indian nations of Wisconsin was held Oct. 2 with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe at the tribe’s Sevenwinds Casino, Lodge & Conference Center in Hayward.

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