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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

Two people holding up a handmade sign reading “Protect the Sacred” next to The Rock with a winter sky in the background.

NAISA commemorates 158th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, reiterates demands to NU

November 18, 2022

Content warning: This article contains mentions of death and anti-Indigenous violence.  On Nov. 29, 1864, Col. John Chivington led soldiers to kill about 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people, who were trying...

The exterior of the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.

Mitchell Museum welcomes three new Native American board members

February 21, 2022

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian announced Wednesday three Native American community leaders in the Chicago area will join its board of directors.  This marks the first time the majority...

Weinberg faculty call for Native American Studies Department as leadership council visits campus

May 20, 2015

Several Weinberg professors are calling for a Native American Studies Department in a proposal submitted to the dean’s office last week. The seven professors who submitted the proposal comprise a...

Andrew Johnson, executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, speaks at the Native and Indigenous Northwestern Community Forum Tuesday evening at Harris Hall. Johnson voiced his support for the efforts undertaken by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance to push NU toward a reconciliation process regarding John Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre.

NAISA open forum pushes Northwestern for more transparency in John Evans research

March 4, 2014

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance held an open forum Tuesday to discuss the indigenous community's response to Northwestern's approach to determining John Evans' role in the Sand Creek...

Guest Column: Sand Creek Massacre a moral stain on Northwestern’s past

January 23, 2013

Each year on Jan. 28, Northwestern University gathers to honor its founders. On that date in 1851, the Illinois Legislature approved Northwestern’s Act of Incorporation. Soon it will be Founders’ Day...

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