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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


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 15, 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...

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Eads Colorado. Northwestern’s annual commemoration for the event occurred virtually Thursday.

Students, administrators attempt to reconcile with history of Sand Creek Massacre

November 25, 2018

Karen Little Coyote returns every year to Sand Creek, the place where her ancestors were massacred over 150 years ago. She finds only sagebrush, sand and heavy silence as she walks down to the waterless...

Assistant provost of diversity and inclusion Nsombi Ricketts. Northwestern released its 2017 diversity and inclusion report on April 6.

Office of Diversity and Inclusion revamps annual report

April 22, 2018

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion overhauled the structure of the annual diversity and inclusion report for 2017 by breaking down data by school — both graduate and undergraduate — and featuring...

A white flag flies beneath the American flag at the John Evans Alumni Center in commemoration of the 151st anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre Saturday morning. The Northwestern Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance launched a petition to rename the alumni center Saturday during the final event of this year’s MSA Native American Heritage month.

NAISA demands removal of John Evans’ name from buildings

November 21, 2015

Members of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance launched a petition Saturday morning asking administrators to remove University founder John Evans' name from buildings including the John...

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