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Open to the Public!
$10 per person, whether a member or non-member. Attendance is limited.
Enter the number of people in your party.
Please add additional names in the form that appears when you click Add To Cart, so we can create name tags for each person for check-in.
Open to the Public!
$10 per person, whether a member or non-member. Attendance is limited.
Enter the number of people in your party.
Please add additional names in the form that appears when you click Add To Cart, so we can create name tags for each person for check-in.
Friday, July 11, 2025, At Madeline Island Museum
6:30pm: Reception. 7:30pm: Program.
Program: 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.
Honoring the legacy of Bella and Leo Capser, founders of the Madeline Island Museum
Bella and Leo Capser created the Madeline Island Museum in 1958 to preserve the long and rich history of our beloved Island. They donated the museum to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1968, after establishing a trust to support and enhance the museum’s artifacts and historic buildings. Leo died in 1975 and Bella in 1986, but both remained involved in the museum until their death. The museum is a testament to Bella and Leo’s love for Madeline Island.