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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

Native American and Indigenous Studies minor is set to launch in the 2020-2021 academic year

November 7, 2019

Weinberg introduced a Native American and Indigenous Studies minor, passed during an October faculty meeting and starting in the 2020-2021 academic year, according to Weinberg associate dean for undergraduate...

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...

Northwestern’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research has an administrative space in Kresge Hall. The center was created after Northwestern received a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Medill Prof. Patty Loew named director of new center for Native American, indigenous research

September 21, 2017

Medill Prof. Patty Loew will serve as the inaugural director of Northwestern’s new Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. Loew, who began the position this month, said the center will...

Andrew Johnson, executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, speaks at the Native and Indigenous Northwestern Community Forum in 2014. The new Native American and Indigenous Studies Center at Northwestern will collaborate with organizations that serve Native American and indigenous communities in the region.

University plans to establish center for Native American, indigenous studies with grant funding

December 21, 2016

Northwestern will create a Native American and Indigenous Studies Center using a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University announced Saturday. The five-year grant — starting...

Andrew Johnson, executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, speaks at the Native and Indigenous Northwestern Community Forum in March 2014. The University announced that an Indigenous Studies Research Initiative will replace the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force’s 2014 proposal for an Indigenous Research Center.

Indigenous Research Center canceled

October 26, 2015

The University will not move forward with the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force’s 2014 recommendation for an Indigenous Research Center and instead will launch an Indigenous Studies Research...

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