Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin

ISBN: 0870206745

Author: Loew, Patty

Condition: New

Indigenous perspectives on sustainability, culture, and communityIn this collection of twelve biographies, one from each of the Native nations in Wisconsin, author Patty Loew (Bad River Ojibwe) introduces readers to prominent figures in Native sustainability-people whose lifes work reflects the traditional ecological knowledge and cultural values of their people.   Born out of Loews thirty years as a journalist and historian, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics highlights individuals who helped to sustain and nurture their nations.        Walter Bresette, Red Cliff Ojibwe, community activistHilary Waukau, Menominee, environmental warriorFrances Van Zile, Mole Lake (Sokaogon) Ojibwe, keeper of the waterJames Schlender, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, treaty rights guardianJose Rose, Bad River Ojibwe, elder, environmentalist, and scholarDorothy Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, educatorWilliam Gollnick, Oneida, culture keeperThomas St. Germaine, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe, attorneyTruman Lowe, Ho-Chunk, organic sculpture artistJenny and Mary Thunder, Forest County Potawatomi, medicine womenWanda McFaggen, St. Croix Ojibwe, Tribal Historic PreservationistCaroline Andler, Brothertown Indian Nation, genealogistThe indigenous people whose lives are depicted in Seventh Generation Earth Ethics understood the cultural gravity that kept their people rooted to their ancestral lands and acted in ways that ensured the growth and success of future generations.