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This is a free, in-person talk hosted on January 14, 2027 at 6:00 PM by Dodge County Historical Society in Beaver Dam, WI. No registration required. This talk will not be available virtually.The Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project highlights the persistence of cultural traditions and technological ingenuity. It embodies the Wisconsin Idea by engaging local and national museums, historical societies, and tribal museums in this project that is documenting an important yet relatively rare form of material culture.
Sissel Schroeder received her PhD from The Pennsylvania State University and is currently a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is also an affiliate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Center for Culture, History, and the Environment, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, and the Material Culture Studies Program. Her current research is focused on issues of sociopolitical complexity, climate change impacts, and historical ecology among ancient Native American societies of the southeastern and midwestern United States.
Tamara Thomsen opened Diversions Scuba, Wisconsin’s first technical dive shop in 1994, became the state’s first technical diving instructor, and she continues to teach a full range of mixed gas, rebreathers, and cave diving courses. Since 2004 Thomsen has worked as a Maritime Archaeologist for the State of Wisconsin’s maritime preservation and archaeology program. She is the state spokesperson for maritime heritage, disseminating information about the importance of our submerged cultural resources. Using underwater still and video photography to document, and a corps of volunteers to survey deep water shipwreck sites, Thomsen’s work has resulted in thirty-two Great Lakes shipwrecks being added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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