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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


People carrying a wooden canoe.

NU is behind on Indigenous initiatives and enrollment, panel says

January 27, 2022

While Northwestern has increased the number of Indigenous students and faculty in recent years, some community members believe the University is far behind many peer institutions. “We are way behind...

A photo of Northwestern’s Multicultural Center at night. The building’s two floors are visible in the image and the building is a light pink color with blue and purple stripes painted across the top as well. There are various large windows on the building and some lights are on on the first floor shining through the windows.

MSA hosts Indigenous Reading Series, discusses colonialism, indigeneity

March 5, 2021

After discussing texts on decolonization with each other, Multicultural Student Affairs Assistant Directors Aaron Golding and Christine Munteanu decided they wanted to recreate those same conversations...

Campus nature walk participants pause to appreciate the land and water where Northwestern was built. Northwestern lies on the lands of the Council of the Three Fires.

Combatting erasure: How to craft a Land Acknowledgement on Northwestern’s campus

November 16, 2020

“The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations,” Northwestern’s...

History Prof. Doug Kiel (middle) represented Northwestern on the panel Monday. He is one of only six full-time Native American faculty and staff at NU.

Big Ten professors discuss supporting Indigenous communities, advancing Native American studies

October 12, 2020

To commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Native American studies professors and practitioners from nine Big Ten schools gathered to discuss advocacy and allyship in higher education in a Monday panel. At...

Redline Singers perform at Northwestern’s sixth annual Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration. At the event, descendants reflected on the legacy of the massacre and tribes’ efforts to heal.

Descendants speak on legacy of Sand Creek Massacre at annual commemoration

November 17, 2019

As dawn broke on November 29, 1864 — while Northwestern University founder John Evans served as the governor of the Colorado territory — U.S. troops launched an attack on a Native American camp at...

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