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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

On this day in 1851, Northwestern was chartered

January 28, 2021

On Jan. 28, 1851, the state of Illinois chartered Northwestern University. Learn about the beginning of Northwestern’s history and about the land it sits on. Closed captions available. Email: [email protected]  Twitter:...

The Rock. After it was given a Pilgrim hat in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Indigenous graduate students responded by repainting it with phrases such as “Native land” and “land back.”

“This is Native land”: Indigenous graduate students’ Rock painting covered, repainted

December 8, 2020

The Rock, previously painted orange with a yellow smiley face since late October, had a new addition last week — a Pilgrim hat. It was a few days before Thanksgiving, a day many Indigenous people...

The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, located at 515 Clark St. Some of the books from the recent donation will go to CNAIR.

Scholar donates collection of American Indian and Indigenous books and texts to NU

August 30, 2020

Northwestern recently received an extensive collection of American Indian texts from acclaimed scholar Arlene Hirschfelder. The donation, which includes about 1,800 books and 65 unique journals with...

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...

John Evans Alumni Center. Board Chairman J. Landis Martin said the Board would not reconsider its decision to keep Evans’ names on University buildings.

Board of Trustees chairman: John Evans’ name removal will not be reconsidered, Evans’ conduct was “exemplary”

March 3, 2020

Board of Trustees chairman J. Landis Martin said the Board will not reconsider its decision to keep John Evans’ name on the John Evans Alumni Center other campus spaces. The decision to maintain the...

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