Manuel Menrath

The historian and cultural manager has been researching the Indigenous history of North America for over a decade. In his publication Mission Sitting Bull (2016), he describes how missionaries from Switzerland attempted to convert the Sioux in the United States in the 19th century and committed cultural genocide. In his latest book, Under the Northern Lights (2020), he gives representatives of the Cree and Ojibwe from northern Ontario a chance to speak at length.

From 2009 to 2022, he worked as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne. Since 2020, he has managed the cultural Museum Haus zum Dolder in Switzerland, where he produced the exhibition ASKI / LAND – Indigenous Voices from Canada in 2023, in collaboration with Indigenous people who were invited to Switzerland. Since October 2022, he has been employed as a lecturer and project manager at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education. He has organized numerous cultural events (exhibitions, concerts, readings) and worked on film, music and theatre productions.