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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


A man in traditional Native American regalia dances.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow brings together both native and non-native community

October 15, 2024

English literature graduate student Rafael Reza, a member of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, served wild rice soup and fry bread to attendees at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian’s first Indigenous...

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian is looking to engage further with Indigenous voices to increase community awareness.

Mitchell Museum engages with local Indigenous communities to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 14, 2024

The line to enter the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian stretched out the door Monday as museumgoers celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which honors Indigenous American histories and cultures.  The...

The Mitchell Museum is rebranding to focus on Indigenous tribes in the Chicago and Great Lakes region. Their new mission involves education, advocacy and awareness about the tribes.

Mitchell Museum to rebrand, emphasize local Native cultures

February 21, 2024

At the end of last year, staff at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian found an eagle staff, a Native artifact made with eagle feathers and a deer antler, but couldn’t trace its origins, according...

A larger-than-life statue of a person wearing red holds a banner reading, “Colonial genocide of Indigenous women + children since 1862, before and after.”

Mitchell Museum’s ‘No Rest’ calls attention to epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women

March 5, 2023

Content warning: This article contains discussions of violence against Indigenous women. At the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian’s “No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls,...

The Mitchell Museum logo on top of a stack of books.

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

March 5, 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...

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