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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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A group of Evanston and Chicago community members march along The Lakefill on Saturday afternoon. The crowd gathered for a commemoration of the Sand Creek Massacre held by the Native American and Indigenous Students Alliance.

NAISA, community members commemorate Sand Creek Massacre anniversary

November 23, 2014

Members and friends of the Native American community held a remembrance of the Sand Creek Massacre at Northwestern on Saturday. The event was organized a week before the 150th anniversary of the tragedy,...

Northwestern community responds to new John Evans report

November 5, 2014

Following the University of Denver’s release of its John Evans Study Committee findings, some Northwestern students praised the new report, while a member of NU’s committee defended its own conclusions...

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University of Denver finds John Evans ‘central’ to conditions for massacre

November 4, 2014

The University of Denver’s John Evans Study Committee released a report Monday that finds Evans, the founder of both DU and Northwestern, “deeply culpable” in the Sand Creek Massacre, an 1864 event...

Tara Sullivan, director of student conduct and conflict resolution, discusses the new University Hearing and Appeals System with Senate. At Wednesday’s meeting, Associated Student Government approved funding for the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance’s Native American Heritage Month programming.

ASG approves funding for NAISA’s Native American Heritage Month events

October 30, 2014

Associated Student Government approved on Wednesday its first Wild Ideas Fund request worth more than $500 for NAISA's upcoming programming to commemorate Native American Heritage Month. ASG will allot...

Weinberg sophomore Heather Menefee gives a presentation Monday on the Sand Creek massacre. The event, hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, was part of the first-ever Social Justice Week.

NAISA hosts documentary screening as Sand Creek investigation launches

May 13, 2013

As University officials launch a committee to research Northwestern founder John Evans' involvement in the Sand Creek Massacre, students hosted an event Monday night to keep Native American representation...

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