ABOUT Northwestern is a community of learners situated within a network of historical and contemporary relationships with CONTACT Native American tribes, communities, parents, students, and Native American alumni. At Northwestern, we seek to create spaces where Native American and Indigenous people are heard, their 633 Clark Street identities are honored, and they can be successful members Evanston, IL 60208 and Indigenous of Northwestern as well as good tribal and community citizens. www.northwestern.edu/native Initiatives Northwestern is committed to enhancing inclusion of Native +1-847-467-6368 Americans across all aspects of the university community. The Office of the Provost, in conjunction with the Native [email protected] 2017-18 Report American and Indigenous Peoples Steering Group, is leading the initiative on Native American Inclusion and reviewing and responding to recommendations of the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force, as well as stimulating additional ideas and directions through conversations across the university.

This brochure provides highlights of accomplishments from the academic year 2017-2018.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the Council of Three Fires- , , and as well as the , Ho-Chunk and Miami tribes. The land is also a site of trade, gathering and healing for countless other Native nations throughout time immemorial. It is within Northwestern's responsibility as an academic institution to disseminate knowledge about Native peoples and the institution's history within them.

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site RELATIONSHIPS VISIBILITY HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS Land Acknowledgement recognizing traditional Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Chicago homelands announced at 2018 Commencement and American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC) included in printed program FOUR FOCUS AREAS Held 4th annual Sand Creek Commemoration Hosted annual visit from Native American Northwestern is pleased to share highlights from Two staff and three undergraduate students Leadership Council academic year 2017-18 related to Native American and attended 19th annual Sand Creek Spiritual Healing Restructured and enhanced Native American and Indigenous initiatives across four main areas. Walk/Run in Colorado Indigenous Peoples Steering Group Hosted American Indian Center's 64th Annual Pow-wow on Evanston campus VISIBILITY RELATIONSHIPS

increase awareness and build strong, sustainable presence of Native American and relationships with Native Indigenous worldviews and Nations, institutions and experiences towards personal, communities in order to promote collective and institutional understanding, collaboration, growth unity and healing

Native American Leadership Council with Northwestern leaders Grand Entry at 64th American Indian Center Pow-wow

KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE PEOPLE Hosted 2nd annual Chicago American Indian support academic and research develop opportunities for Multicultural Student Affairs hired Aaron Golding Community Collaborative (CAICC) Urban Native opportunities that promote the community building and support as a full-time Assistant Director-Native American Education Conference recentering and advancement of the creation of pathways for Content Expert Served as academic host for the American Indian Indigenous knowledge current and future Northwestern Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Science and Engineering students, faculty, staff and hired Jasmine Gurneau as Senior Program Society (AISES) Professional alumni Coordinator for Native American and Indigenous of the Year Awards selection Initiatives process H ired Patty Loew, PhD as Hosted inaugural short-term Director for the Center for artists in residence- Rosy LEARN MORE Native American and Simas (Seneca) and Heid E. Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Erdrich (Turtle Mountain To learn more about accomplishments and progress Hired Jennifer Michals as Chippewa) on initiatives made during the 2017-2018 academic Program Assistant for CNAIR year, please read the FY18 Update to the Native Hosting first Native American American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force Alumni Social event in August Recommendations report which can be found at 2018 www.northwestern.edu/native. AISES Corporate Advisory Council and Leadership New Assistant Director, Aaron Golding