Each year, Wunk Sheek and campus partners host a series of events across the university to celebrate the rich history, culture, and heritage of Native people at UW–Madison.
Native November
Annual Native November Feast happening Nov. 9
Come kick off Native November with Wunk Sheek! Join us for a Wild Berries Feast on November 9th, to be held in the Symphony Room on the 2nd floor of the Gordon Dining and Event Center. Come through for some good food, laughs, and to be in community!
Native November: Celebrating Native and Indigenous people at UW–Madison
Celebrating #UWNativeNovember: A historic flag-raising, ‘crafternoons’, and a new position dedicated to supporting Native and Indigenous students.
Division of Extension to host Native November Speaker Series
The series will feature speakers examining different aspects of Indigenous life, language, culture and history every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon during November.
Native November: In new First-Year Interest Group, students connect with the land through Indigenous lens
On a recent walking tour that took students along the Lake Mendota shoreline, UW–Madison instructor Daniel Cornelius began by pointing out that the door panels at Memorial Union, built in 1928, include iconography depicting a …
UW-Madison Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
November is National American Indian Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum …
Cultural Support Helps Native American Students Stay in College
Upstairs from a dining hall on a snowy evening, four American Indian students at the University of Wisconsin in Madison drum and sing together at a feast for veterans. Drum rituals are an important part …
November is Native American Heritage Month
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted …