Patricia,"Patty" Loew (born 1952) is a journalist,professor,author,and community historian,broadcaster,documentary film maker,academic and advocate. She has written extensively about Ojibwe treaty rights,sovereignty and the role of Native American media in communicating Indigenous world views.
Patty Loew grew up in the north side of Milwaukee,Wisconsin.[1] Her grandfather,Edward DeNomie,a World War I veteran,lived for many years with her family.[1]
Loew began her career as a journalist in La Crosse,beginning with television and radio reporting.[2] She later moved to Madison Wisconsin where she eventually worked her way to the anchor's desk at ABC affiliate WKOW-TV. She covered environmental issues and became a popular local news personality. When fishing rights for tribes in Wisconsin surfaced in the 1980s,Loew became a prominent journalist covering the issue.[3][1]
In the 1990s,Loew returned to university to pursue graduate studies. She was later hired as a professor in 1999 and has published award-winning books and textbooks. She also engaged in public scholarship,co-hosting a Wisconsin Public Television program "Weekend" and produced documentaries focused on Indigenous history and culture.[2] She is currently Professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and is director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research.
Loew has led Tribal Youth Media initiative since 2006,which fosters digital storytelling skills within the next generation of Indigenous youth.[4] Loew has served on the board of UNITY:Journalists for Diversity.[4] In 2019 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received Wisconsin's Martin Luther King Jr. Heritage Award.[3]
Tynan, Tim and Loew, Patty “Organic Video Approach: Using New Media to Engage Native Youth in Science," American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Volume 34, Number 4 (winter 2010)
Loew, Patty, “Tinker to Evers to Chief: Baseball From Indian Country, Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 87, Number 3 (spring 2004).
Loew, Patty, “Back of the Homefront: Oral Histories of Native American and African-American Wisconsin Women During World War Two,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol 82, Number 2 (winter 1998–99).
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