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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


Two people hold a banner that has “Protect the Sacred” painted on it with grass, water and rain clouds. Other people stand nearby.

30 Days of Indigenous programming celebrates Native American and Indigenous heritage

November 21, 2022

Content warning: This story contains mentions of death and anti-Indigenous violence. The sound of drums, singing and the jingle of dancers’ bells filled Norris University Center’s ground floor Nov....

Three people standing in front of the Black House.

Social Justice Tour sheds light on history of race, feminism on campus

October 20, 2022

A group of 14 students and faculty participated in a Social Justice Tour of Northwestern’s campus Thursday, exploring the untold histories of the University and delving into NU's activist past. The...

Campus nature walk participants pause to appreciate the land and water where Northwestern was built. Northwestern lies on the lands of the Council of the Three Fires.

Combatting erasure: How to craft a Land Acknowledgement on Northwestern’s campus

November 16, 2020

“The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations,” Northwestern’s...

Defining Safe: The Path to a Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies

Defining Safe: The Path to a Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies

May 14, 2020

For years, students at Northwestern have been pushing the University to reckon with its history and complicity in settler colonialism. One of their principal demands? A program in Native American and Indigenous...

The Indigenous Lecture and Writing Series will present public lectures by Indigenous scholars and storytellers starting in May 2019.  Updated information about the lectures can be found on the series’ website.

New lecture, writing series aims to highlight Indigenous communities

April 4, 2019

Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago have established a new Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series in an effort to increase the visibility of Native American and Indigenous...

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