A familiar face to viewers of Wisconsin Public Television has penned a book telling stories of Wisconsin Native Americans who helped sustain the land.
Called "Seventh Generation Earth Ethics", the book is written UW-Madison professor and author Patty Loew who spoke Monday night at the Rhinelander District Library.
Loew is a member of the Bad River Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa. She says most people have heard of Gaylord Nelson, Aldo Leopold and John Muir, but she says there are stories of environmentalists within the native tribes that needed to be told...
"...the Potawatomi entry is actually two medicine women who lived at the turn of the century who doctored native and non-native people in this area...."
That included tending to patients with tuberculosis, diphtheria and all sorts of ailments. There were few medical personnel in this area.
Loew says a portion of the proceeds will go to help the Wisconsin Indian Education Association, meaning 100 percent of the royalties goes toward Indian scholarships.
