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Iceland to Madeline:  Dangerous Connections between Vikings and the Ojibwe?

  • Madeline Island Museum 226 Colonel Woods Avenue La Pointe, WI, 54850 United States (map)
 

Open to the Public!
At Madeline Island Museum

6:30pm: Reception

7:30pm: Program

Ticket information coming soon!

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). Prof. Loew is a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe.

 
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