Join us for our May 2026 Dinner with 10 Badgers event! We’re excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Webster for an engaging and informal conversation on her perspectives around tribal governance and sovereignty, as well as her experiences in teaching. Enjoy an evening of meaningful dialogue, great food, and wonderful company in a relaxed setting. Attendance is free, but space is limited to the first 10 registrants so be sure to sign up early! Dinner and nonalcoholic beverages will be covered for all registered guests.
Speaker
Rebecca Webster ’00, MPA’03, JD’03 is an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and serves as director of graduate studies and associate professor in the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Minnesota–Duluth, where she teaches in the Tribal Administration and Governance programs. She served the Oneida Nation as an attorney for 13 years, advising the Oneida Nation’s administration on government relations, jurisdiction, and tribal land issues. Her scholarship focuses on Indigenous governance, sovereignty, and the impacts of colonization on traditional governing structures, language, history, and agriculture. Webster is also the editor of the Tribal Administration Handbook and the forthcoming book Seeds of Tomorrow: Nurturing Roots of Oneida Governance. In addition to her academic work, she serves as executive director of Ukwakhwa, a nonprofit rooted in her family’s 15-acre Oneida farmstead dedicated to teaching Indigenous foodways, seed keeping, and land-based education. Webster received her PhD from Walden University.
