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The Daily Northwestern

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

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Mitchell Museum receives $20,000 grant to create localized K-12 Native studies curriculum

March 6, 2023

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian received a $20,000 grant in late February to create a localized professional development curriculum about Native studies for Evanston K-12 educators.   The...

The new American Indian Health Service of Chicago clinic. “Our new clinic … took years to advance due to limited funds from the Indian Health Service,” Unabia said in an email. “Sadly, with two full time providers on staff, we have already outgrown this clinic.”

Native Americans in Chicago chart a 15 percent COVID-19 mortality rate — but the city hasn’t released that information

June 22, 2020

COVID-19 is killing the American Indian residents of Chicago at disproportionately high rates, but the city has chosen to keep those statistics under wraps. RoxAnne Unabia, interim executive director...

American Indian Health Service workers pose during their first day of coronavirus testing, April 29.

With limited resources, Chicagoland Native American groups step up to help their own

May 6, 2020

As the coronavirus disproportionately affects Native American communities across the country, the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative works to source and distribute immediate medical care,...

Mitchell Museum debuts ‘Native Haute Couture’ exhibit

January 28, 2015

This weekend, Native American fashion will head down the runway at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston. The museum, founded in 1977, prides itself on being one of the few of its kind...

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