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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

Patty Loew sits in the CNAIR house

Patty Loew, former director of CNAIR, to phase in retirement in 2023

March 2, 2022

Medill Prof. Patty Loew, former director of Northwestern’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, is phasing in her retirement and plans to depart the University in August 2023. Loew,...

The Ripple: “No Wiindigo economy”: Student activism and the fight for fossil fuel divestment

The Ripple: “No Wiindigo economy”: Student activism and the fight for fossil fuel divestment

November 22, 2021

Northwestern students and faculty advocated against oil pipelines in the Upper Midwest, like Line 3 and Line 5. They reflect on their experiences with on- and off-campus activism, as well as the push to...

Four people sit on a stage. Behind them is a projected screen with the names and photos of the panelists.

Indigenous journalists, activists reflect on Native voting power and coverage of their communities

November 10, 2021

Native American journalists and advocates discussed impacts of COVID-19, voter suppression of Native peoples and underreported stories in Indigenous communities in a Tuesday panel. The event hosted...

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 group of people hold onto a canoe as they walk away from the lake.

Artist and community members celebrate Anishinaabe heritage and creation of Birch bark canoe at Lake Michigan

October 31, 2021

For the first time in nearly 400 years, a birch bark canoe was reintroduced to the Chicago-area shore of Lake Michigan (Mishigami).  Only six Ojibwe birch bark canoe builders still exist in the Great...

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