How can Indigenous knowledge mitigate climate change? Watch Journal Sentinel event live

Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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GREEN BAY - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Caitlin Looby, Frank Vaisvilas and Madeline Heim will host a conversation Monday at the Oneida Hotel about how Indigenous knowledge can mitigate climate change. The stream will begin about 7 p.m. and will also be carried on the Journal Sentinel's Facebook page.

They'll speak with panelists including:

  • Lea Zeise, cofounder of the Oneida Nation's white corn co-op, Ohe·láku and member of the Oneida Nation

  • Chris Borden, state tribal liaison for the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Wisconsin

  • Bazile Panek, consultant for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe

  • Al Gedicks, executive secretary of the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council and emeritus professor of environmental sociology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

This panel is the culmination of a series that Looby, Vaisvilas and Heim reported last fall. It explored whether the government has shirked its responsibility to maintain treaty rights and how traditional ecological knowledge can provide a path forward in navigating climate change. The reporting and the panel were supported by a grant from the Poynter Institute, through funding by the Joyce Foundation.

Read the complete series here:

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Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at 920-996-7266 or mheim@gannett.com.

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