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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 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...

A young woman in a handmade dress dances as two men beat hand drums and a woman in white sings. In the background is a crowd, including a child on top of his father’s shoulders.

Chicago’s Indigenous community, politicians rally for recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 12, 2021

Drum beats and incantations rang out Monday morning in Pottawattomie Park while Marissa Garcia, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, performed a healing dance called a “jingle dance”...

The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research building. The front is beige with green shrubbery and a black sign in the front lawn.

Thinking collaboratively and engaging publicly: CNAIR hosts third annual Research Symposium

May 21, 2021

Northwestern’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research hosted its third annual Research Symposium Thursday, inviting the community to engage with scholarship by the center’s fellows. The...

The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, located at 515 Clark St. Some of the books from the recent donation will go to CNAIR.

Scholar donates collection of American Indian and Indigenous books and texts to NU

August 30, 2020

Northwestern recently received an extensive collection of American Indian texts from acclaimed scholar Arlene Hirschfelder. The donation, which includes about 1,800 books and 65 unique journals with...

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Patty Loew