4th Annual NAISA Traditional Spring Pow Wow
Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
Welcome Class of 2029!
Research and Scholarship Highlights

NAIS Courses: Indigenous Feminisms
Native/Indigenous Feminisms are key to understanding settler colonial societies like the United States and Canada. As a field of study, Native/Indigenous Feminisms analytically centers Indigenous sovereignty to understand how settler colonialism evolved to displace Indigenous peoples politically and within their own lands. This course will examine the historical formation and dynamics of settler colonialism to elucidate how it has shaped the lives of all people living within settler societies. Counts towards NAIS minor.Strengthening Resilience of Manoomin
A Northwestern University-led research team has received a $5 million grant from NSF to develop new methods to help mitigate the effects of climate change on the Great Lakes and its surrounding natural ecosystems." This project began with relationship building and a willingness by Northwestern researchers to step back and invite our Indigenous partners to frame the research,” said Patty Loew (Mashkiiziibii-Bad River Ojibwe, CNAIR Inaugural Director). ..“The result is a project that is both meaningful and respectful to our tribal collaborators.”
Learning In Places
Despite the growing awareness of socio-ecological challenges facing humans in the 21st century, science learning still mostly takes place inside the classroom, disconnected from the natural world. The University of Washington Bothell Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy, Tilth Alliance and Seattle Public Schools are partnering to change this status quo and create more culturally and community relevant, field-based learning opportunities for students.
Events and News
Annual Reports

Read the 2023-24 Annual Report
Events
Native American & Indigenous Voices at Northwestern: An Exhibitio...
All Day, Evanston
Northwestern University is home to many Native American students, professors, academics, and researchers. In keeping with the themes of...
Native Pop! At the Newberry
All Day, No Location
Free and open to all Mar 20–Jul 19, 2025 At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries How Indigenous people have shaped popular culture.
Native American & Indigenous Voices at Northwestern: An Exhibitio...
All Day, Evanston
Northwestern University is home to many Native American students, professors, academics, and researchers. In keeping with the themes of...