♪ ♪ - Angela Fitzgerald: I'm touring the State Archive Preservation Facility, meeting up with Rachel Byington, Tribal Liaison with the Wisconsin Historical Society, to learn more about the Care Suite found here.

How are you doing today, Rachel?

- I'm doing well, thank you.

- Good.

Can you tell us about the significance of this space and how it came to be?

- Rachel Byington: The Wisconsin Historical Society collaborating with Native Nations to design this space and really listening to the Native Nations on how to make a space that would be usable for their needs.

- Angela: And so, this was a collaborative process between Indigenous communities and the Wisconsin Historical Society?

- Yes, exactly.

People could come in here and use the space for ceremony or prayer or consultations.

And so, any necessary ceremonial or spiritual practices that need to happen can occur in the space.

And one of the beauties of this space is that it is on its own venting system.

And so, take for example if, you know, they needed to burn something, it wouldn't set off fire alarms for the whole building.

And so, that's a really important feature.

- Can you tell us about your role and how you support usage of this space?

- Well, I'm the Tribal Liaison and part of my role is working on relationships with Native Nations.

So, one of the requests for this space was minimal reflective surfaces.

And so, this furniture actually is made without any metal.

It's all from the wood.

And the wood itself I want to also highlight is black ash and it comes from Menominee Tribal Enterprises.

And it's gorgeous, as you can see.

And then, there are 12 chairs in here to represent each of the Nations here in Wisconsin.

- And from what I've learned, there is intentionality about the use of this space.

So, individuals reaching out for more information should be mindful about that.

And there are possibly limitations on who can access.

- Exactly.

- Awesome.

- Thank you so much for your time today, Rachel.

- Well, thank you.