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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


A group of people hold onto a canoe as they walk away from the lake.

Artist and community members celebrate Anishinaabe heritage and creation of Birch bark canoe at Lake Michigan

October 31, 2021

For the first time in nearly 400 years, a birch bark canoe was reintroduced to the Chicago-area shore of Lake Michigan (Mishigami).  Only six Ojibwe birch bark canoe builders still exist in the Great...

Mills: What is indigeneity?

Mills: What is indigeneity?

May 20, 2021

This column is the second in a two-part series on Indigenous solidarity and reclamation of identity as an act of decolonization. My favorite Ojibwe story tells of Cheengwun, a medicine man, who travels...

Mills: What is indigeneity?

Mills: What is indigeneity?

May 16, 2021

This column is the first in a two part series on Indigenous solidarity and reclamation of identity as an act of decolonization. Indigenous identity is one clouded by a never-ending sea of gray, even...

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