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Join us at the NAISA Pow Wow!

4th Annual NAISA Traditional Spring Pow Wow

Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

Welsh-Ryan Arena/McGaw Memorial Hall | 2705 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208

The Pow Wow is open to all and free to attend. This event is family friendly.

If you are a department/organization seeking co-sponsorship for your event please apply here! 

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Center for Native American and Indigenous Research

4th Annual NAISA Traditional Spring Pow Wow

 

Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

Welcome Class of 2029!

 
Welcome Class of 2029! The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research is excited to welcome you and connect you to our thriving community of scholars on campus. We hope you'll take some time to read the welcome letter written for you below. 

Read Your Welcome Letter Here

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. 
NAIS MINOR COURSES

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.” 

Read about the project and new Great Lakes region CoPe Hub

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. 

Visit the Learning In Places Website

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Native Pop! At the Newberry

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 Free and open to all Mar 20–Jul 19, 2025 At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries How Indigenous people have shaped popular culture.

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