Heritage Marker Grant Funding
The recently dedicated Our Shared Future Heritage Marker acknowledges the “hard but crucial truths” concerning the historical relationship between the Ho-Chunk people and the United States, and how the University of Wisconsin–Madison came to occupy what had long been Ho-Chunk land. This “difficult and complicated history” embeds opportunities for a broad range of learning opportunities about the Ho-Chunk people including their culture, the sacredness of this land to them, and interactions between them and state and federal governments.
In an effort to deepen understanding about the Ho-Chunk Nation through meaningful learning experiences, schools, colleges and departments may apply for grant funding that supports at least four structured learning experiences/events that tie the Ho-Chunk, and other regional indigenous history and culture, to topics of disciplinary relevance. The designated school, college or department will serve as a temporary host site of the heritage marker.
Marker Locations
October
The marker will be located in the back lobby of Bascom Hall for the majority of October, in addition to the following locations:
University Roundtable, October 16
Hamel Music Center, October 25-27
November
Diversity Forum, November 5-6
Multicultural Student Center & Morgridge Center, November 7–17
University Staff Congress, November 18
December
Memorial Library