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

Join us for this free, in-person event on August 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM at the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum. No registration is necessary. For any questions, contact the museum at +1 715-635-5002.

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.

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