Erica Ayisi

4 weeks ago | pbswisconsin.org | Erica Ayisi

Erica Ayisi:Right — that's something that I wanted to ask you about, are some of the challenges, be it communication or accurate reporting between tribal law enforcement and urban or local law enforcement. Can you talk a little bit more about that? Justine Rufus:Yeah, so I think that different states — and this is a little bit more complicated — but Wisconsin's a public law 280 state. So, really our criminal is held within our county partners.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Erica Ayisi

This report is in collaboration with ICT’s partners at PBS Wisconsin. Erica AyisiPBS Wisconsin + ICTMADISON, Wisconsin — Tribal sovereignty, education, environmental threats and public health were just some of the issues raised in the annual State of the Tribes address on March 18 at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The speech to the full Wisconsin Legislature was given on behalf of the state’s 11 federally recognized tribes by Chairman Thomas Fowler of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Erica Ayisi

This report was first published by PBS Wisconsin in collaboration with ICT. Erica AyisiPBS Wisconsin + ICTRiley Aguirre understands well the importance of education. A citizen of the Oneida Nation, she’s attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison at no cost to her or her family using the Wisconsin Tribal Education Promise Program. “It means a lot to me and my people, my community, the Native community. We are still here. We’re still fighting for our right to be here,” said Aguirre, a freshman.

2 months ago | ictnews.org | Erica Ayisi

This report was first published by PBS Wisconsin in collaboration with ICT. Erica AyisiPBS Wisconsin + ICTRiley Aguirre understands well the importance of education. A citizen of the Oneida Nation, she’s attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison at no cost to her or her family using the Wisconsin Tribal Education Promise Program. “It means a lot to me and my people, my community, the Native community. We are still here. We’re still fighting for our right to be here,” said Aguirre, a freshman.

2 months ago | pbswisconsin.org | Erica Ayisi

IndigenousUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Tribal Relations Director Carla Vigue describes how a group called "Relatives" offers different types of support to Indigenous students on campus and to student groups. By | Here & Now Copy and Paste the Following Code to Embed this Video: VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Carla Vigue:We have a group, they call themselves the Relatives and the Relative Collective. It started out with some aunties, and in Native culture, aunties are almost like your second mom.