Welcome to our November newsletter! This month we'll highlight some great educational resources on Wisconsin's American Indians from across the state as well as a new Press book and education resource on freedom seeker Joshua Glover!

First published in 2007, the groundbreaking book Finding Freedom provided the first narrative account of the life of Joshua Glover, the freedom seeker who was famously broken out of jail by thousands of Wisconsin abolitionists in 1854. Employing original research, authors Ruby West Jackson and Walter T. McDonald chronicle Glover’s days as an enslaved person in St. Louis, his violent capture and escape in Milwaukee, his journey on the Underground Railroad, and his thirty-three years of freedom in rural Canada.

The month of November is Native American Heritage month, and the Wisconsin Historical Society has resources to help illuminate the past and present of Wisconsin's American Indian nations.

Discover Indian Nations of Wisconsin by Patty Loew. From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, the best-selling Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal explores Wisconsin’s rich Native tradition. New chapters are devoted to discussions of urban Indians and the Brothertown Indian Nation. Free education resources for the secondary classroom are available!

Designed for the upper elementary classroom, Native People of Wisconsin by Patty Loew bring the fantastic stories  and traditions from Indian Nations to a younger audience. Free education resources for the elementary classroom are available!

Take a life-long journey, in prose and in verse, with author and poet Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes). Warm, plain-spoken, and wryly funny, Clark shares his own American Indian story, talking frankly about a culture's struggle to maintain its heritage. Free education resources for grades 9-12 are available!

Bring museum education into your classroom, virtually! Through fantastic programs such as Unearthing the Past and Everyday Art and the Fur Trade, your students will work together with museum educators as they uncover the mysteries of Aztalan and the surprising connections to our past through art and style.

In recognition of National Native American Heritage Month, explore and learn about the history, culture, and contemporary status of the 12 First Nations and Indigenous people who call Wisconsin home.

With resources curated from PBS Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Indian Education Association, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and more, Wisconsin First Nations Education provides a wealth of searchable resources on the twelve Native nations of Wisconsin for every classroom.

Year after year, Milwaukee lands at or near the top of the most segregated US city list, with residents experiencing severely unjust disparities from this racial divide. Action to repair the deep damage of segregation must be informed by a shared understanding of how we got here: not by choice, but by design. Yet few existing textbooks present a complete and accurate telling of the history of housing segregation.

Divided by Design: Milwaukee [DBD:MKE], a coalition of over 70 volunteers, has developed a Milwaukee-based timeline of housing segregation along with accompanying local curriculum to fill this gap, engaging high school students in understanding who segregated Milwaukee and how, as well as the impact of housing segregation on individuals and communities.

Visit our site to access the curriculum and timeline or email us to learn more.