Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force

LTE: Rename John Evans Alumni Center

April 11, 2024

We are members of the John Evans Study Committee, which in May 2014 submitted its report on the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864, in southeastern Colorado. Soldiers savagely attacked a peaceful...

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...

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...

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...

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