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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


Evanston to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

April 28, 2016

Evanston plans to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, joining other cities around the country that have made the change. In making the decision, city officials worked with the Mitchell...

Authors David Beck and Rosalyn LaPier discuss their book, “City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934.” The authors visited the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian on Thursday to talk about how activists organized around Native American issues.

Authors discuss history of American Indian activism in Chicago

May 21, 2015

Chicago was once the central location for Native American activism, author David Beck said Thursday during his visit to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Co-authors Beck and Rosalyn LaPier...

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian displays a figure of a fisherman wearing a seal-gut parka in a kayak and an ivory mask, both from the arctic or subarctic region. The museum unveiled its exhibit of miniatures Saturday.

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian unveils miniature artwork exhibit

April 5, 2015

An Evanston museum opened a new exhibit Saturday featuring miniature items from various native communities across the United States and Canada. The exhibit, “Miniature Artwork — Enormous Appeal,”...

Mitchell Museum debuts ‘Native Haute Couture’ exhibit

January 28, 2015

This weekend, Native American fashion will head down the runway at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston. The museum, founded in 1977, prides itself on being one of the few of its kind...

Melissa Halverson explains the historical significance of the water buffalo in Native American storytelling. The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian launched a new exhibit Saturday.

American Indian museum launches new exhibit

January 26, 2014

Some stories are told not through words but rather generations of wizened instruments, animal fur throws and dusty pottery sets. The stories of the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian’s new exhibit,...

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