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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

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 13, 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...

Tony Burroughs (left) and Bethany Hughes (right) speak at a panel held at Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Panelists discussed how indigenous cultures shaped the country’s current identity and history.

Panel discusses influence of indigenous cultures on US history

October 6, 2017

Growing up around traces of her Choctaw ancestry — like the stickball sticks hung on display and hymnals placed on the curio cabinet — Bethany Hughes, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, said she was always...

A group of Evanston and Chicago community members march along The Lakefill on Saturday afternoon. The crowd gathered for a commemoration of the Sand Creek Massacre held by the Native American and Indigenous Students Alliance.

NAISA, community members commemorate Sand Creek Massacre anniversary

November 23, 2014

Members and friends of the Native American community held a remembrance of the Sand Creek Massacre at Northwestern on Saturday. The event was organized a week before the 150th anniversary of the tragedy,...

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