January 2018 Program

Location: Harrington Hall - UW-Oshkosh Campus

Speaker: Matthew E. Velguth, Director, Gills Rock Petraglyph Preservation Organization.

Topic: Gills Rock Pictographs, Door County, Wisconsin. Description: In 1657 a battle between the Anishinabe (Ojibwa) and the Iroquois took place in Hedgehog Harbor, near Gills Rock, Wisconsin. The story of this battle was kept alive by the Pottawatomi who told it to the Icelandic and Scandinavian settlers of the Door Pennisula. The Anishinabe created a mural commemorating this battle. The mural and the story faded into myth, but was rediscovered in October 2016. The residents of Gills Rock have formed a non-profit (Gills
Rock Petraglyph Preservation Organization) to preserve the site and make it accessible to the public. The Gills Rock Petraglyphs: Archives of Stone, which describes the site and chronicles its history, was published this past winter. Velguth’s August appearance on Channel 14's CW 14 Focus program, hosted by Robert Hornacek can be accessed at:
http://cw14online.com/cw14-shows/cw14-focus/native-american-rock-art-in-door-county