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

The Daily Northwestern


Doug Medin, faculty advisor to the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, attends a panel on historical trauma within Native American communities. Medin and NAISA are pushing to have Northwestern founder John Evans’ name removed from campus buildings and faculty positions due to his involvement in a massacre of Native Americans.

NAISA reintroduces John Evans petition at historical trauma panel

January 8, 2016

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance reintroduced a petition to have John Evans’ name removed from campus buildings at a historical trauma panel Thursday. The petition already sported...

Panelists discuss the historical trauma in Native American and other marginalized communities at a panel Thursday. Co-hosted by One Book One Northwestern and the Edith Kreeger Wolf Endowment in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the event was tied to “The Inconvenient Indian,” this year’s One Book selection.

Panel discusses intergenerational impacts, healing tactics for historical trauma

January 8, 2016

Faculty members from U.S. universities dissected the collective historical trauma of Native American communities in a Thursday afternoon panel as part of a two-part event. The panel, co-hosted by the...

NU in Chicago brings students to city to explore history, culture of indigenous people

November 13, 2015

NU in Chicago will bring students downtown on Sunday to learn about indigenous people in Chicago through a collaboration with One Book One Northwestern and the Native American and Indigenous Students Alliance. NU...

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