IN-PERSON: The Elderwise classroom, 2275 Platt Road
There is an epidemic that no one is talking about outside of Indian Country. Within the Indian community we are dealing with an epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. With numbers so high that they are unreported, how do we deal with it all? Why aren’t there concrete statistics? What has the FBI done to help with this epidemic? Why do the crimes go unreported? What does “Missing White Woman Syndrome” have to do with this? Join us to discuss some history, and to learn about why this is an issue and what we can do in and out of the Indian Country to make sure that our sisters, mothers, daughters, wives, and girlfriends, don’t become statistics. Heather Bruegl is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and a first-line descendant of the Stockbridge- Munsee Tribe. She is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she studies First Nations Education. Heather’s research focuses on the importance of telling the truth in history, in museums, and in cultural institutions. She is also a public historian, activist, and independent consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation.
