CHE Environmental Colloquium – From Wood to Watercraft: Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin

Speakers: Sissel Schroeder, Professor of Anthropology, UW–Madison; and Tamara Thomsen, Maritime Archaeologist, Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project highlights the persistence of Indigenous cultural traditions and technological ingenuity in the state. It embodies the Wisconsin Idea by engaging local and national museums, historical societies, tribal museums, and tribal partners in this project that is documenting an important yet relatively rare form of material culture.

Date

September 18, 2024    

Time

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Location

140 Science Hall
550 N. Park Street, Madison