With “Native November” happening right now and this year’s campus theme being “Love Is…“, I’ve been finding ways to express love for the Indigenous histories and topographies of Teejop (Madison). Luckily, former UW-Madison faculty REI fellow Kasey Keeler was part of a team that created the digital mapping project Mapping Teejop that now offers several self-guided, 50-minute tours highlighting the history of the Ho-Chunk and other Native people on campus land. The tours cover some of the most iconic locations on campus, such as Bascom Hill, Observatory Hill, Tee Wąąkšik Homįk (Lake Mendota), Camp Randall and Picnic Point. It’s making me fall in love with Madison all over again.
–Katie Apsey (IRH Admin)