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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 said Midwest history also fits into the industrialism and social movement.

History Prof. Doug Kiel explores Midwest’s complex history of resistance, identity, Indigenous connections

November 15, 2024

History Prof. Doug Kiel, a citizen of the Oneida Nation, discussed the Midwest as a distinct region with its own unique history at the Dittmar Memorial Gallery in Norris University Center Thursday night. In...

Samuel Munoz, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks Sunday about the environmental history of Cahokia during the Chicago Archaeological Society’s monthly meeting at the Evanston Public Library. Munoz has studied the environment of Cahokia, a region in southern Illinois that was home to the Native American Mississippian mound-building culture.

Chicago Archaeological Society discusses environmental history of Cahokia region

February 22, 2015

Members of the Chicago Archaeological Society discussed potential reasons Native Americans abandoned the Cahokia region of Illinois around 1200 A.D. at the group's monthly meeting at the Evanston Public...

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