Blue Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship enthusiastically welcomes Rick StGermaine, Prof. Emeritus UW Eau Claire, as guest speaker Sunday, January 26th. Currently the Director of Education and historian for our neighboring LCO tribe, Dr StGermaine’s experience and list of accomplishments include over 11 years of service as Tribal Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe; he resides with his family on the reservation near Hayward.
Sharing “The Anishinaabe World View: LCO Experience” StGermaine will share with us research on the evolution of Midewiwin spiritual way of life among the Lac Courte Oreilles tribal people, summarizing a three day examination of “several thousand pieces of spiritual artifacts” that he and a team of LCO elders examined at the Milwaukee Public Museum this past autumn. “This collection is from a time that a host of anthropologists conducted years of research at LCO examining and studying their spiritual ceremonies during 1898-1911, 1932, and 1939-43.”
Blue Hills UU invites everyone to services, beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday mornings at 230 W. Messenger St., Rice Lake and on Zoom. The zoom link is sent to members, and all interested may request it by contacting patriciashifferd@gmail.com. https://bluehillsuu.org