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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


Two students hold a banner reading “And yet we are still here” in front of the Rock.

NAISA reflects on anti-Indigenous hate on campus after Rock painting vandalized

November 9, 2021

Northwestern’s Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance gathered Thursday to paint The Rock in celebration of Native American Heritage Month for the first time in the organization’s history.  The...

A colorful, beaded white vest with floral patterns and red lining

Field Museum celebrates Native American Heritage Month with beadwork presentation

November 8, 2021

The Field Museum kicked off National Native American Heritage Month with a Friday demonstration of traditional beadwork technique.  The showcase is the first in a series of Native American heritage...

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,...

John Evans

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...

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