"From Wood to Watercraft: Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin": In-Person Badger Talk in Fitchburg, WI

Name: "From Wood to Watercraft: Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin": In-Person Badger Talk in Fitchburg, WI
Start: 2025-03-13T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Hop Haus Fitchburg

Schedule

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Hop Haus Fitchburg | Verona, WI

Join us for this free, in-person event on March 13, 2025, at 7:00 PM, hosted by the Madison History Roundtable. No registration is required, but a $5 donation to help cover room costs is encouraged. The talk will take place in the private room at Hop Haus Fitchburg. For more information, visit their website here: https://www.madisonhistoryroundtable.com/meeting-schedule-notices
The Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project highlights the persistence of cultural traditions and technological ingenuity. It embodies the Wisconsin Idea by engaging local and national museums, historical societies, and tribal museums in this project that is documenting an important yet relatively rare form of material culture.
Presenter Sissel Schroeder received her PhD from The Pennsylvania State University and is currently a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is also an affiliate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Center for Culture, History, and the Environment, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, and the Material Culture Studies Program. Her current research is focused on issues of sociopolitical complexity, climate change impacts, and historical ecology among ancient Native American societies of the southeastern and midwestern United States.