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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 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 6, 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 6, 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...

A brick building with a red awning and red door. There are plants in the foreground.

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian hosts 45th Anniversary Benefit and Awards Ceremony

November 21, 2022

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian hosted its 45th Anniversary Benefit and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 19 at the Writers Theatre in Glencoe.  The event featured a keynote address by U.S. Congresswoman...

A woman with glasses, wearing a white shirt stands in front of a photograph of two girls in Potawatomi regalia.

Sharon Hoogstraten’s photography exhibit aims to preserve Potawatomi culture

August 8, 2022

Photography is a vessel for cultural preservation for Sharon Hoogstraten, giving dignity and visibility to a native community that has often been unable to control its own image, she said. Hoogstraten,...

The Evanston Art Center is in the foreground, and the sky is illustrated with yellow-and-pink art supplies.

Evanston Arts Council grants $135,000 of ARPA funds to 23 arts organizations

July 17, 2022

The Evanston Arts Council announced Friday that 23 local arts nonprofits would be awarded funding secured from the National Endowment for the Arts. EAC was one of three Illinois organizations to receive...

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