Birch bark canoe is launched

Wayne Valliere (Mino-giizhig in Ojibwe), of the Lac du Flambeau band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Birch Bark Canoe Launch at Lake Mendota, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison. For more information visit http://goo.gl/3C2KVm (Photograph by Jim Escalante)

On November 21, 2013 visiting artist Wayne Valliere (Mino-giizhig in Ojibwe), of the Lac du Flambeau band of Lake Superior Chippewa and a crowd of supporters launched a birch bark canoe at Lake Mendota, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison. For more information please visit the UW-Madison Art Department website. Visit this link to see more photographs of  Wayne Valliere’s canoe and the launch.