“I was so excited when I heard about this ceremony,” said Deer, an alumna of the university who taught for many years in the UW–Madison School of Social Work and directed the American Indian Studies Program from 2000 to 2007. Department of the Interior and the first Native American woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs. “This flag raising will enhance the conversation - as Chancellor Blank said while dedicating the heritage marker in 2019 - that moves us from ignorance to awareness,” she said.įrom Chancellor Blank’s blog: Recognizing our Shared History with the Ho-Chunk NationĪmong those in the crowd was Ada Deer, the first woman to be appointed assistant secretary of Indian affairs in the U.S. “This led to the occupation of the territory - treaties bound in blood but negotiated in bad faith,” she said.įriday’s ceremony, she said, was both an acknowledgement of that history and a testament to the intertwined relationship between the Ho-Chunk and UW–Madison. Vice President Thundercloud shared some of the history of the Ho-Chunk Nation, including the fateful day in 1634 when a non-Native first set foot in a Ho-Chunk village. It helps us understand the cultural world of the Indigenous peoples who called this place their home for so long.” “I’m thankful that this event does just that. “Indigeneity is indeed a prerequisite for us to fulfill the mission of the institution to teach our students and community about the complex cultural, physical and natural worlds in which they live,” Aaron Bird Bear, UW–Madison’s tribal relations director, told the crowd. The marker pledges a shared future of collaboration and innovation with the Ho-Chunk Nation. The Our Shared Future heritage marker on Bascom Hill recognizes the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk and acknowledges the forcible attempts to remove them. The Ho-Chunk call the land Teejop (Dejope, or Four Lakes) in Hoocąk, the Ho-Chunk language. My hope is that other campuses will do this.” “We are standing today on Ho-Chunk land, and it is important that UW–Madison acknowledges that. “This is such a monumental moment,” said Jacquelyn Stacy, a student at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, and a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. Many in the audience had traveled far to attend. But we are working to change that.”īlank was joined by many Ho-Chunk dignitaries, including Traditional Chief Clayton Winneshiek, Vice President Karena Thundercloud, the Wisconsin Dells Singers, and members of Sanford WhiteEagle Legion Post 556 Color Guard. “For many years, UW–Madison was not mindful of this history, and we paid little attention to our relationship with the descendants of those who were here long before us.
They made this their home,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said at the ceremony. “Thousands of years before Europeans arrived here, the place we now call Bascom Hill was a sacred place for the Ho-Chunk people.
Flag raisings are part of contemporary Ho-Chunk culture. Hundreds attended the flag-raising ceremony on Bascom Hill, part of the university’s ongoing commitment to educate the campus community about First Nations history and to recognize the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk. and Wisconsin state flags on UW–Madison’s central administration building. The occasion marked the first time in campus history that the Ho-Chunk Nation flag - or any nation’s flag - has flown for a day alongside the U.S. *Due to the variability in recording formats, please verify compatibility before using Blu-Ray discs, DVDs and CDs.On a brilliantly lit fall morning, with an appropriate breeze in the air, the University of Wisconsin–Madison raised the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation atop Bascom Hall Friday, on land the Ho-Chunk call Teejop, or Four Lakes. Record to Kaltura or USB device, live streaming, auto-tracking cameraġ/8″ audio output jack (mono) inside podium
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