Patty Loew is an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and recipient of the Outstanding Service Award of the Great Lakes Intertribal Council. Formerly a news reporter and anchor for television stations in Canada, Washington, Oregon, and Wisconsin, she is Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, co-host of "WeekEnd" on Wisconsin Public Television, and producer of award-winning documentaries including "No Word for Goodbye," "Spring of Discontent," "Throwaway Future," and "Nation Within a Nation,"