Stay connected. We maintain a quarterly newsletter that provides updates, news and events listing. You can also contact one of our people, including affiliated faculty and staff, directly.
Native American and Indigenous Initiatives at Northwestern
Enhancing inclusion of Native Americans in the University.
Land Acknowledgment
Northwestern is a community of learners situated within a network of historical and contemporary relationships with Native American tribes, communities, parents, students, and alumni. It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago and near several tribes in the Midwest.
The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa. It was also a site of trade, travel, gathering and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois.
Who We Are
you can find us across the university
Partner Units
Native American and Indigenous Initiatives engage with key partner units and areas across campus. See who our partners are.Staff
Connect with key staff who have explicit responsibility for overseeing Native American and Indigenous efforts within schools and units across campus.Get Involved
Attend an event, take a course, make connections