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The Unitarian Church of Evanston has recently adopted a Native land and Black labor acknowledgment that is read before each Sunday service. If you visit

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian received a $20,000 grant in late February to create a localized professional development curriculum about Native studies for Evanston K-12 educators.   The Evanston Community Foundation awarded the grant Feb. 24. ECF provides E-Town Innovation Grants to fund local programs that prioritize equity for people of color and propose...

Native American culture is alive in Chicago — you just have to know where to look.

Four years ago, lumber from the Menominee Tribal Enterprises, a Native-owned and operated business, was used to build the Welsh-Ryan Arena basketball court. The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance made history on that lumber on Saturday, hosting Northwestern’s first student-run Pow Wow.  A pow wow is a celebration held by many Native American and...

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian is hosting a film screening of “Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World” and a virtual panel discussion with its filmmakers, Costa Boutsikaris and Michael Kotutwa Johnson on Sunday. The film follows five Native American tribes as they restore ancient relationships with the Earth through traditional land management...