2025 Research Symposium
Thursday April 10th & Friday April 11th 2025
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Women’s Club of Evanston
1702 Chicago Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
This two day symposium will feature Indigenous community partnered project highlights, poster sessions, roundtables, and panels. Topics include education, health, land, environment, and cultural heritage to help engage and reflect on the past 100 years and to imagine forward for the next 100 years. There will be four panels with invited scholars:
- Panel I:
- Panel II:
- Panel III:
- Panel IV:
SCHEDULEPresenters CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Elevating Tribal Knowledge Exchange: Honoring CNAIR Fellows, Affiliates, Community and Tribal College ScholarsĀ
RESEARCH POSTERS, MINI PRESENTATIONS AND ROUND TABLESĀ
Research Fellows, Faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students from Northwestern, Tribal Colleges and local partnership organizations will be sharing and presenting their Indigenous focused work
Thursday, April 10th
Friday, April 11th
Program Book
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FLYER
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SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Thursday April 10th
8:30 am - Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am - Welcome: Megan Bang
Land Acknowledgment by the Native American and Indigenous Student Association
Song
9:30-10:30 am - Opening Keynote
10:30-12 pm -
Panelists:
Moderator: TBA
12:00 pm - LUNCH - Foxway Catering, Native American owned
1-1:30 pm - Project Highlight
1:30-2:30 pm - Elevating Tribal Knowledge Exchange: Honoring CNAIR Fellows/Affiliates and Tribal
College Scholars
Posters Session/Round Tables: research fellows, faculty, graduates and undergraduates
2:30 pm - Networking Break - Coffee service and Trail Mix bar
3-4:30 pm - Panel II
Panelists:
Moderator:
6:00 pm - Attendees: Dinner on your own
Friday, April 11th
8:30 am - Breakfast and registration
9:00 am - Welcome
9:30-11:00 am - Panel III
Panelists:
Moderator:
11:00-12 pm - Elevating Tribal Knowledge Exchange: Honoring CNAIR Fellows/Affiliates and Tribal
College Scholars
Posters Session/Round Tables: research fellows, faculty, graduates and undergraduates
12 pm LUNCH - Foxway Catering - Native American owned
1-1:30pm - Project Highlight
1:30 pm - Panel IV
Panelists:
Moderator: Megan Bang
3:00 pm - Networking Break
4:30 pm - Closing remarks

(Last Updated 05/08/24)