Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin -- Patty Loew, Paperback

Indigenous perspectives on sustainability, culture, and community

In this collection of twelve biographies, one from each of the Native nations in Wisconsin, author Patty Loew (Bad River Ojibwe) introduces readers to prominent figures in Native sustainability--people whose life's work reflects the traditional ecological knowledge and cultural values of their people.   

Born out of Loew's thirty years as a journalist and historian, Seventh Generation Earth Ethics highlights individuals who helped to sustain and nurture their nations.        

Walter Bresette, Red Cliff Ojibwe, community activist

Hilary Waukau, Menominee, environmental warrior

Frances Van Zile, Mole Lake (Sokaogon) Ojibwe, keeper of the water

James Schlender, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, treaty rights guardian

Jose Rose, Bad River Ojibwe, elder, environmentalist, and scholar

Dorothy Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, educator

William Gollnick, Oneida, culture keeper

Thomas St. Germaine, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe, attorney

Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk, organic sculpture artist

Jenny and Mary Thunder, Forest County Potawatomi, medicine women

Wanda McFaggen, St. Croix Ojibwe, Tribal Historic Preservationist

Caroline Andler, Brothertown Indian Nation, genealogist

The indigenous people whose lives are depicted in Seventh Generation Earth Ethics understood the cultural gravity that kept their people rooted to their ancestral lands and acted in ways that ensured the growth and success of future generations. 

Author: Patty Loew
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Published: 08/26/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781976600739

About the Author

Bestselling author Patty Loew is Professor Emerita in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and recently retired as the inaugural director of NU's Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. She is a documentary film producer and former broadcast journalist in public and commercial television. A citizen of Mashkiiziibii (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), she is the author of several books, including Indian Nations of Wisconsin and Native People of Wisconsin, which is used by tens of thousands of Wisconsin school children as a social studies textbook.