College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Each year LSC Professor Patty Loew and LSC Faculty Associate Don Stanley make the trip to the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation to lead the Tribal Youth Media Project. The workshop, which is hosted by LSC, works to educate tribal youth on video production and storytelling techniques with the goal of helping participants communicate environmental stories and share tribal cultural …
LSC Professor Patty Loew works extensively with Native communities in Wisconsin. She is co-leading the Native Nations Initiative between UW–Madison, UW-Extension and UW Colleges, and she co-founded the Tribal Youth Media Initiative with fellow LSC faculty member Don Stanley, among other projects. While spending time in tribal communities Loew often gifts asema, or ceremonial tobacco, to elders …
Patty Loew, a professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication, has done it again. Her passions for her own Native American culture, story telling, and environmental stewardship have combined into the completion of a second book. “Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin” is a collection of Native biographies that highlights one prominent …
Congratulations to LSC Professor Patty Loew on the release of the revised second edition of her book “Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal”. The book, used in classrooms throughout Wisconsin, celebrates and documents the histories, traditions and stories of the state’s Native tribes. You can hear Patty tell the story of this …