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Andrew Johnson, executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, speaks at the Native and Indigenous Northwestern Community Forum in March 2014. The University announced that an Indigenous Studies Research Initiative will replace the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force’s 2014 proposal for an Indigenous Research Center.

Indigenous Research Center canceled

October 26, 2015

The University will not move forward with the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force’s 2014 recommendation for an Indigenous Research Center and instead will launch an Indigenous Studies Research...

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

May 19, 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...

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

May 6, 2015

Twenty years after a hunger strike to establish the Asian American Studies Program shook Northwestern’s campus, the program’s faculty plans to submit a proposal to establish an Asian-American studies...

Medill Prof. Loren Ghiglione speaks at a colloquium about Northwestern's progress in implementing Native American outreach and inclusion recommendations. The recommendations were made by a task force following a report on University founder John Evans' culpability in the Sand Creek Massacre.

Medill professor evaluates Northwestern’s progress on Native American outreach recommendations

February 22, 2015

Medill Prof. Loren Ghiglione credited Northwestern students for sparking NU's recent progress on Native American inclusion, but said the University needs to do more at a talk Friday in Fisk Hall. About...

Northwestern reserves funds for Indigenous Research Center

February 17, 2015

Northwestern funds have been reserved to create an Indigenous Research Center, the University announced this month. The creation of the research center is among many recommendations that the Native...

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