Teejop & Beyond: Celebrating Native Nations

Kimberly Crowley

Kimberly Crowley (Thunder Clan of the Ho-Chunk Nation) is a member of the Thunder clan of the Ho-Chunk Nation. She is the 3rd daughter of Sidney Hall Sr. and Christine Hall. She grew up in Wittenberg, Wisconsin with her 10 siblings and now resides in Baraboo, Wisconsin with her family, where she spends her time making and teaching black ash basket classes. She has been making baskets for over 44 years, and just within the last 5 years, she has been teaching black ash basket making, an art that is slowly dying out. She has 2 granddaughters that are her apprentices-in training, They both assist her during basket classes, and both have baskets along with Kimberly herself at several museums around Wisconsin.

Torey Dolan

Torey Dolan (Citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is a William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Her scholarship focuses on Tribal Nations, Democracy, and American Indian self-determination and political actualization in the intersections of Federal Indian Law and Election Law. Prior to receiving the Hastie Fellowship, Dolan was a Native Vote Fellow with the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Indian Legal Clinic where she helped lead the Arizona Native Vote Election Protection Project through the 2020 and 2022 election cycles. She has assisted in litigation on matters pertaining to Tribal sovereignty, the Voting Rights Act, and state election law before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal District Court of Arizona, and the Superior Court of Apache and Pinal Counties in Arizona.

Sherman Funmaker

Sherman Funmaker (Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin) was born in Black River Falls as a Bear Clan member and raised in Wisconsin. He is one of 11 children of Adam and Doris Stacy Funmaker. He is a graduate of UW/ Baraboo with an English Degree, and he also attended the University of New Mexico in 2007. He has been writing since 2006 and is currently working on a book with the help of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.

Dawn Moneyhan

Dawn Moneyhan (Enrolled Tribal Citizen of The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians) is the spiritual leader of the Kwewag Indigenous Culture Church, a newly published author, and teacher of Indigenous history, culture, & tradition. Dawn is also a staunch advocate for Mother Earth and teaches about the climate crisis and the solutions found within Indigenous cultural knowledge and lifestyles. With 30+ years of public speaking and charity work, a career in aquatic medicine, and a deeply held bond with the natural world, Dawn is working hard to effect change in our society to save our planet and ourselves by association. Dawn is always reminding those around her, "We are all connected and the knowledge we seek is buried within us all. It's an ancestral knowledge that every human has within their DNA, buried by hundreds of years of capitalism, religion, and politics. Now is the time to reconnect to the natural world, learn to see life with a new perspective. We have the power to save ourselves if we apply what we know."

Yvette Peguero

Yvette Peguero (Menominee Nation) is an enrolled elder of the Menominee Nation. Before retirement a few years ago, she taught for over 41 years as an Elementary Teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal for the Oneida Nation School System in Oneida, Wisconsin. As a child she knew that one day she would become a teacher and would teach Native children. After moving to Madison, she continued her love of teaching by working as a substitute teacher for the Madison School District, as the Tutor Coordinator for the Title VI Indian Education Program, and by teaching others to bead. Yvette says, “My belief is that it's important to share our knowledge and it's our responsibility to actively do so for the next generation. Sharing these skills and knowledge, while also being a role model for our youth, connects us to our past and future and leaves our legacy for those that will come after us.”

Bill Quackenbush

In 1999, William “Nąąwącekǧize” Quackenbush (Ho-Chunk Deer Clan Tribal Member) began a career in the Ho-Chunk Nation Heritage Preservation Department as a Lands Specialist but soon transferred over to their Cultural Resources Division to become the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) for the Ho-Chunk Nation to address tribal preservation needs. William also became the Cultural Resources Division Manager in 2006 and currently manages the Ho-Chunk Nation’s Cultural Resources Division. William’s current responsibilities are: 

• Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) – 2005 to present
• Cultural Resources Division Manager (CRD) – 2006 to present
• NAGPRA Designee Alternate – 2005 to present
• Ground Penetrating Radar Operator (GPR) – Certified 2002 to present
• Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Historian – 2004 to present
• Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Monitor – Certified 2012 to present