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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


Side of a building reading “Evanston Public Library 1703 Orrington”

Evanston Public Library releases acknowledgement of Indigenous Land

November 17, 2022

Evanston Public Library hosted its first land acknowledgement Wednesday, recognizing that both Evanston and the library’s facilities lie on lands of Indigenous people. The acknowledgement, published...

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...

Mills: Decolonizing Zhaagagong

Mills: Decolonizing Zhaagagong

October 15, 2021

Americans cannot fathom Indigenous peoples in the modern world. You're sitting on an inbound Red Line CTA train toward the Loop, when a group of about 50 Natives board the train. It is a scene you have...

A screenshot of Frank Waln, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Concert headliner. He kicked off the evening with a land acknowledgement that recognized the homelands Chicago occupies.

Indigenous musicians virtually perform at second annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Concert

October 13, 2020

A cohort of Indigenous musicians virtually performed in front of about 700 viewers across the nation at the second annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Concert, co-hosted by Northwestern’s Center for Native...

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