Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin

Indigenous perspectives on sustainability, culture, and community

In this collection of twelve biographies, one from each of the Native nations in Wisconsin, author Patty Loew (Bad River Ojibwe) introduces readers to prominent figures in Native sustainability--people whose life's work reflects the traditional ecological knowledge and cultural values of their people.   

Born out of Loew's thirty years as a journalist and historian, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics highlights individuals who helped to sustain and nurture their nations.        

• Walter Bresette, Red Cliff Ojibwe, community activist
• Hilary Waukau, Menominee, environmental warrior
• Frances Van Zile, Mole Lake (Sokaogon) Ojibwe, keeper of the water
• James Schlender, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, treaty rights guardian
• Jose Rose, Bad River Ojibwe, elder, environmentalist, and scholar
• Dorothy Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of MohicanIndians, educator
• William Gollnick, Oneida, culture keeper
• Thomas St. Germaine, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe, attorney
• Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk, organic sculpture artist
• Jenny and Mary Thunder, Forest County Potawatomi, medicine women
• Wanda McFaggen, St. Croix Ojibwe, Tribal Historic Preservationist
• Caroline Andler, Brothertown Indian Nation, genealogist

The indigenous people whose lives are depicted in Seventh Generation Earth Ethics understood the cultural gravity that kept their people rooted to their ancestral lands and acted in ways that ensured the growth and success of future generations.