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‘We’re the ones who welcomed Fr. Badin’: Pokagon members reflect on Notre Dame’s history with the tribe

Mariah Rush | Monday, September 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a two-part series examining the ways Native language and cultural identity are being kept alive by the students of Notre Dame. For many Notre Dame students, the city of South Bend is simply known as the area surrounding the University. But, the general region of South Bend

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It’s time for a Native American Studies program

Oliver Ortega | Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Perusing the list of University staff and students picked to form the committee advising administrators on the much-debated Columbus murals, I noticed that listed as committee chair on the Feb. 14 press release was the director of Italian and Dante Studies. OK. Sure, I guess. I kept reading, looking for that corresponding “Yada Yada, Professor of

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NASAND resolutions

Diversity Council | Thursday, March 7, 2019

On Monday night, the Notre Dame Student Senate passed two resolutions that will help to greatly improve the Native American experience at Notre Dame. First, a resolution for a land acknowledgment of the Native nations, including the Pokagon Potawatomi, that came before the founding of Notre Dame. The recommended acknowledgement being: We acknowledge our presence