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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


Four people sit on a blanket around wooden garden boxes. They are in the middle of a grass field and painting the boxes with flowers.

Fossil Free NU hosts teach-in on divestment, abolition, Indigenous rights

May 16, 2021

Through virtual and in-person events, Fossil Free Northwestern hosted a weekend teach-in on climate justice, divestment, abolition and Indigenous rights. The teach-in kicked off with a Friday night...

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Eads Colorado. Northwestern’s annual commemoration for the event occurred virtually Thursday.

Descendants gather virtually for seventh Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration

November 19, 2020

On Nov. 29, 1864, Cheyenne chief White Antelope saw incoming soldiers from the Colorado Cavalry shooting at the residents of his camp in Sand Creek. Rather than fight back, he folded his arms across his...

Redline Singers perform at Northwestern’s sixth annual Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration. At the event, descendants reflected on the legacy of the massacre and tribes’ efforts to heal.

Descendants speak on legacy of Sand Creek Massacre at annual commemoration

November 17, 2019

As dawn broke on November 29, 1864 — while Northwestern University founder John Evans served as the governor of the Colorado territory — U.S. troops launched an attack on a Native American camp at...

Editorial: Evans’ name should be removed from campus buildings

Editorial: Evans’ name should be removed from campus buildings

October 24, 2019

Two years ago, our editorial board wrote in support of removing John Evans’ name from campus buildings. Evans — the founder of Northwestern — was found in a University of Denver report to be “deeply...

Editorial: Evans’ name should be removed from campus buildings

October 3, 2017

Northwestern’s difficulties with inclusivity are well documented and continue today. But nowhere does the past permeate into the present more than in the University’s inability to foster a fully inclusive...

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