by Erin F.H. Hughes At the end of October, I went to Oklahoma City for the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) conference. This annual international conference was held at the Omni Oklahoma City Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City and brought together over 1,000 cultural workers. Every single time I have attended this… READ MORE
WiLS has embarked on the third year of its grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to advance the creation and preservation of digital collections in Wisconsin’s tribal archives, libraries, and museums. The three-year initiative, Curating Indigenous Digital Collections (CIDC), funds a series of post-graduate fellowships to support knowledge preservation and language revitalization… READ MORE
“It was a great experience to have and one to learn from. It’s bittersweet to be ending!” – Camrin Sullivan, Lakeview Community Library, Random Lake, WI (Cohort 2) By Ellen Brooks At the end of 2022, we shared a blog post reporting on some of the outcomes from the IMLS Accelerating Promising Practices Community Memory… READ MORE
On September 15, 2023, at 1:00 pm, Celeste Contreras, community ambassador to the Milwaukee Women’s Art Library, and Derek Webb, head of archives at UW-Milwaukee Libraries, joined us for WiLSWorld Shorts to teach us about their DPLA-funded Digital Equity Project! You can find the recording on our YouTube channel. Since November 2022, the University of… READ MORE
“I have learned so much about Tribal sovereignty, ethical archival work, and collaborative practices throughout the course of the last year, and I am so grateful to WiLS and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community for allowing me to learn and grow in this field.” by Kelsie Flack My year-long fellowship with WiLS and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, which… READ MORE