In This Issue

Oneida Nation Elder Profile
Rose Kerstetter is an Iroquois Potter and a member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin.

Florence Petri
A profile of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, AmeriCorps VISTA Site Supervisor.

AMERICORP VISTA PROFILE
Sara Loken just finished her service as the AmeriCorps VISTA worker at the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin.

Haskell History
-Susan Washington
Like Rose Kerstetter, the Oneida elder profiled in this issue, many Indian elders today received their education at Haskell Institute and many of their grandchildren now attend its successor, Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU).

Haskell Institute: Ties to the Early History of Basketball
Haskell made its mark on early Kansas basketball history. 

Basketball:  Ties to Pre-Columbian America?
Players of basketball, and of any game using a rubber ball, can bounce back in history to thank the original makers of rubber balls, the Pre-Columbian people who populated areas of what is now referred to as Mesoamerica.

Clay Kettle Popcorn
Before acquiring metal cookware from Europeans, Iroquois and other Native peoples of North America made clay pottery cookware in which they boiled or stewed corn, beans, squash, small game, fish, seeds, nuts, and other foods.

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