Event Locator: 2025-AAKBKN
MIGIZIKWE (EAGLE WOMAN) SHARES HER JOURNEY
*Open to the Public - Membership is not required. This event is in partnership with Learning in Retirement and Nicolet College, Arts & Enrichment
Monday, September 29
10 am
Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209
Instructor: Mildred Schuman
Mildred “Tinker” Schuman is an Ojibwe elder from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa of Northern Wisconsin; she is also known as Migizikwe - Eagle Woman. She is deeply respected within the Ojibwe Nation of Lac du Flambeau as a Woman Pipe Carrier, Sweat Lodge Leader, Ogichida Chidewegon (Big Drum) Jingle Dress Dancer, and ceremonial Sundancer and Moondancer, as well as a healer, a poet, and an artist.
Tinker Schuman is also a water walker. In recent years, she organized “Water Way Walks” to raise awareness of “Mother Earth’s Life Blood – The Water” both for the Lac du Flambeau community and for the surrounding communities in Vilas County, Wisconsin. This region has one of the highest density of lakes in the world. She will share her story that led her on this journey.