Environmental Studies Capstone 600 is a community-based learning course for students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For the spring of 2017, the course theme was Culture and Conservation: Living Ho-Chunk History in Monona Parks. As a product of the UniverCity Alliance, this course partnered with the City of Monona’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Ho-Chunk Nation.
Please visit the Ho-Chunk Capstone for more details.
Bill Quackenbush, Ho-Chunk Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, served as co-instructor for this capstone. Bill is demonstrating the Ground Penetrating Radar tool (GPR) that he uses to survey the Effigy Mounds.
Linear Mound on the hilltop at present-day Woodlands Park. Working with Bill, students created resources for Mound Preservation, Management, and Education.
Bill guided the students in building a ciporoke, traditional Ho-Chunk lodge, during the winter fieldwork trip.
Woodstove inside the ciporoke!
Storytelling night inside the ciporoke with Bill.