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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


NAISA holds annual Sand Creek Massacre commemoration

November 19, 2017

On the day of the Sand Creek Massacre, Chief White Antelope rushed to tell American soldiers his people meant no harm. When the men continued firing, he crossed his arms over his chest and began to sing. Descendents...

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...

University of Denver Prof. Ramona Beltrán speaks to an audience of more than 50 people at NAISA’s annual Sand Creek Massacre commemoration. Beltrán emphasized the importance of learning history, understanding it and using it to move forward in a positive direction.

NAISA, community members commemorate Sand Creek Massacre

November 20, 2016

Members of Northwestern and Chicago's Native American communities gathered Saturday to discuss the importance understanding the history of the Sand Creek Massacre at its annual commemoration. More than...

Gail Ridgely of the Arapaho speaks at a panel discussion Tuesday about John Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864. Roughly 40 people attended the event, which was hosted by One Book One Northwestern.

Descendants of Sand Creek Massacre victims, John Evans’ relatives talk healing wounds

May 3, 2016

The Sand Creek Massacre was an atrocity, Anne Hayden said, and her great-great-grandfather John Evans was responsible. Hayden made that statement during a panel Tuesday beside members of the Cheyenne...

Doug Medin, faculty advisor to the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, attends a panel on historical trauma within Native American communities. Medin and NAISA are pushing to have Northwestern founder John Evans’ name removed from campus buildings and faculty positions due to his involvement in a massacre of Native Americans.

NAISA reintroduces John Evans petition at historical trauma panel

January 8, 2016

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance reintroduced a petition to have John Evans’ name removed from campus buildings at a historical trauma panel Thursday. The petition already sported...

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