Contributors
Many people and organizations helped make this website possible. Their many and diverse contributions are acknowledged here in chronological order.
Participants in the 1933 Project
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Anishinaabek from Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation and Ketegaunseebee/Garden River First Nation who shared their knowledge and time with Volney Jones during the summer of 1933.
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Volney Jones who collected not only the objects that are currently curated in the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) but also took detailed notes on the plants and processes used to make them.
Museum Anthropology Students
2019
Museum Anthropology students who compiled the information on the object that Jones collected from Bkejwanong/Walpole Island for the digital catalog were: Martin Anderson, Emma Creamer, Tori Culler, Alexandra Eason, Jordan Gorzalski, Emma Greydanus, Meghan Gutknecht, Robyn Han, Molly Huisingh, Ann Minnebo, Hyo Jin Moon, Natalie Potter, Hannah Thoms, Kate Topham, Madeline Toper, Zoe Waldman, Xinglin Wang, Allegra Ward, Celia Weberg, Therse Westman, Rebecca White, Patrick Wojtala, Addy Zeigen.
- Kate Topham helped me to create the original digital catalog in Omeka Classic. Kate and two fellow graduate students from the School of information, Tori Culler and Jordan Gorzalski, researched other platforms for the digital catalog. Our conversations about their research helped improve this website.
- Zoe Waldman researched the photos of the Bkejwanong/Walpole families and their genealogy.
2020
Museum Anthropology students worked in teams to research the items from Ketegaunseebee/Garden River and developed content for the UMMNH student showcase exhibit:
- Basket Team: Kaitlyn Hinson, Sam Orta, Eldon Tsoi, Gina Genoa, Brandon Jackson
- Dye Team: Molly Rose Powers, Maria Sobrino, Eli Weaver, Samantha Hill and Liam Wiesenberger
- Cedar Team: Olivia Brannon, Olivia Lajoie, Josiah Olah, Abigail Haile, Hannah Hoover
- Maple Team: Connor McCusker, Estrella Salgado, Anastasia Woody, Tulin Babbitt.
- Molly Huisingh took photos of the objects from Garden River and wrote condition reports for the objects in preparation for the UMMNH student showcase exhibit. As we all tried to navigate work at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she graciously pivoted to working online.
- Tulin Babbit’s research created a custom metadata organizational schema that helped me organize the metadata for the Omeka S instance on which this website is built.
- Hannah Hoover and I worked together to revise the exhibit content that the students developed and to help the UMMNH exhibit staff design the student showcase exhibit. Hannah also helped me conceptualize and develop this website. Her comments and insights on all these components have been vital to the success of this project.
2022
Museum Anthropology students worked in teams to research the items from Bkejwanong/Walpole Island and developed content for pages on this site.
- Black Ash Basket and Corn Basket Teams: Theodora Bilch, Lilly Heitman, Sarah Lundy, Eden Rotonda, Hope Showalter, Taylor Wegner, and Maria Wuerker
- Sweetgrass Basket: Jacob Branstiter, Kelly Ortega, David Perkins
- Braided Mat teams: Sara Borsodi, Claire Danna, Alex Deighton, Kelsey O'Rourke, Em Stieg
- Rush Mat: Syed Daiyan, Beatrix Dergis, Anna Mayersohn, Sam Waller
- Basswood Twine: Ray Galasso, Samuel Mayworm, Stef, Reamer, Abigail Rieck
Anishinaabe Community Members
Our ideas about museum exhibits and items in the UMMAA collections were transformed through conversations with Anishinaabe community members. I (Lisa) am so grateful to the people listed below for join our class digitally to share their knowledge and wisdom with the students.
2019
- Walpole Island Heritage Centre: Clint Jacobs, Torey Day, and Montana Riley
- Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways: Willie Johnson and Judy Pamp
2020
- Josh and Sarah Homminga, award-winning Anishinaabe basket makers.
2022
- Shannon Martin, former director of the Ziibiwing Center
- Wasson (Renee) Dillard, award winning Anishinaabe fiber artist
UMMAA Collections Managers
The project would not have been possible without the help and dedication of Jim Moss and Andrea Blaser, the UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) collections managers. They created space for the Museum Anthropology students to work in the UMMAA research lab, helped prepare the objects for the student showcase exhibit, and gave me comments on the exhibit content and metadata organization -- to name just a few ways their help was essential to the success of this website, as well as the exhibit.
University of Michigan Organizations that Provided Funding and Support
- Center for Research on Teaching and Learning
- College of LSA 2020 Great Lakes Theme Semester
- Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Department of Anthropology
- LSA Technology Services Digital Scholarship team
- Museum of Natural History
Acknowledgement
Lisa Young thanks the University of Arizona School of Anthropology and its UIR residential scholar program. This program provided Lisa with a welcoming space and time to create this website during the spring and summer of 2021.