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Indigenous Peoples' Day

Keynote speaker: Amy Lonetree

Indigenous Peoples Day in La Crosse is being hosted by-

Ho-Chunk Nation, Ho-Chunk Youth and Learning Center, City of La Crosse, UWL, The Nature Place, UW-Extension, School District of La Crosse, Western Technical College, Franciscan Spirituality Center, La Crosse Public Library, BLACK, City of La Crescent

Daytime events - Myrick Park & The Nature Place

  • 9:30 Mayoral Proclamation; Jon Greendeer welcome
  • 10 a.m-3 p.m. Hinukwaseja Trolley Tours at Myrick Park (pick up and drop off location)
    • Donations appreciated (suggested $5)
  • 10 a.m. Caabna Tournament (Traditional Lacrosse) 
  • 11 a.m-3 p.m. Activities, Vendors, Education 
  • 1pm-3pm: Bill Quackenbush (Educational Speaker) 

CAABNA INFORMATION:  Myrick Park (lower area) 2107 La Crosse St. La Crosse, WI 

  • 10am Registration - Tournament beings at 11am 
  • 8 team tournament (5 v 5)- All players will be found a team if you don't have 1
  • Double elimination 
  • 15 minute games or first team to 4 goals 
  • 1st place: $3,000- 2nd place: $2,500- 3rd place: $2,000

Evening program - UWL Bluffs Ballroom

  • 3:30-5 p.m. Vendors, community tables, and self-guided tours of the Hinukwas Tree Trail and a guided tour at 4pm (meet in the Bluffs Ballroom) 
  • 5 p.m. Welcome
  • 5:30-7:30 p.m. Community dinner and entertainment
    • Community dinner- available for the first 400 people (vegetarian options available)
    • Irene Keenan Jr, Waaksikra Voices, and Hoocak Dancers
  • 7:30 p.m. Keynote speaker: Amy Lonetree
    • Titled: Visualizing Native American Survivance: A Photographic History of The Ho-Chunk Nation, 1878-1960 
    • Presented by the UWL Birchler Lecture Series

Cannot make the evening event in person? The event will be LIVE STREAMED! Click this link to start viewing at 5 p.m.!

Parking: Parking will be FREE in levels 1-2 in the parking ramp and in lot C-12! Parking MAP

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION: We are looking for volunteers during the day and night! Click here to sign up!

Amy Lonetree - Is a Ho-Chunk scholar, historian and author specialization in Indigenous history, museum studies and visual culture. An enrolled citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation, she is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, known for her book Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums. Amy is currently working on two new projects. The first is a visual history of the Ho-Chunk survivance through an examination of two exceptional collections of studio portraits and tourist images of Ho-Chunk people taken between 1879-1960. The second research project is a historical study documenting the adoption of Indigenous children throughout the twentieth century. 

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: City of La Crosse, Emplify Health by Gundersen, Mayo Clinic Health System, Franciscan Spirituality Center, La Crosse Community Foundation, UWL (many departments and offices), UWL Birchler Lecture Fund, Dairyland Power, and Great Lakes Cheese

Related campus initiatives

Greater La Crosse community

When

Past occurrences (1)

  • 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13

Where

The Bluffs Ballroom Student Union

UWL campus map for building location and nearby parking lots.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Student Union

If you go

  • Free, no registration needed

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Sadie Kuhl at 608.785.8835 or skuhl@uwlax.edu.

Parking

Payment may be required. No permit?
Use Passport Parking.

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