Beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, and for the next decade, our theme is Indigenous Futures: 100 Years Back, 100 Years Forward. It has been 100 years since the 
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Project Highlights
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.”
Tribal Constitutions
Northwestern CNAIR Affiliates and Professor of Law Erin Delaney and Northwestern Assistant Professor of Sociology Beth Red Bird work together on The Tribal Constitutions Project. Delaney and Redbird started the Constitutions Project in order to examine the evolution of tribal sovereignty through over 2000 tribal constitutions from over 300 tribal nations from the last 150 years.
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
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Events
Jan
29
2025
Exhibition: Regal Adornment, Artworks by Chelsea Bighorn
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston
This body of work delves further into my exploration of adornment in relation to the body and Native American powwow regalia. Growing u...
Jan
30
2025
Exhibition: Regal Adornment, Artworks by Chelsea Bighorn
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston
This body of work delves further into my exploration of adornment in relation to the body and Native American powwow regalia. Growing u...
Jan
31
2025
Exhibition: Regal Adornment, Artworks by Chelsea Bighorn
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston
This body of work delves further into my exploration of adornment in relation to the body and Native American powwow regalia. Growing u...