Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education

EQI is a research-focused institute on the UW-Milwaukee campus. We work with faculty affiliates on campus, partner organizations throughout the Greater Milwaukee community, and tribal partners around Wisconsin and beyond. Some of our current projects include learning, teaching, and research of Anishinaabemowin. Many of us in the office also teach in American Indian Studies.

The Institute’s namesake, Electa Quinney, is recognized as Wisconsin’s first public school teacher. A member of the Stockbridge-Mohican tribe, she taught American Indian and white children in a one-room log school which opened in 1828

We strengthen and celebrate American Indian education at the local, regional and national level with strong connections to indigenous teaching practices.