Cosponsored November Events with Partners
Please RSVP and join these cosponsored events! Free and open to community!
Dr. Juan Castillo Cocom (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo)
Join us in supporting the Gender and Sexualities Studies department in our upcoming cosponsored event "Dr. Juan Castillo Cocom - Iknal: Companionship and the Politics of Forgetting" on Friday November 17th.
We will also be hosting a welcome lunch at CNAIR on Friday November 14th at 12 PM!
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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.
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Events
Dr. Juan Castillo Cocom - Iknal: Companionship and the Politics o...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Evanston
Join us for a discussion of Indigenous Yucatec Maya epistemologies and world-building structures through an exploration of iknal, a Yuc...
Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration: Procession & Fire
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA), Native American & Indigenous Affairs (NAIA) and ...
Dyani White Hawk and Caroline Kent in Conversation
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
Join artists Dyani White Hawk and Caroline Kent for a conversation on abstraction, feminism, and their overlapping artistic interests a...



