November is Native American History Month! 

Chicago, including Loyola's campus, is located on Indigenous land year round (read the offical university land acknowledgement), and the city has one of the largest populations of Native American people in the country. 

Read more about Chicago's Indigenous history:

• Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
• Indigenous Tribes of Chicago

Local American Indian organizations to support and get involved with:

• American Indian Association of Illinois (AIAI)
• American Indian Center of Chicago (AIC)
• American Indian Health Service of Chicago (AIHSC)
• Center for Native Futures
• Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC)

Participate in the Chicago Public Library's celebrations and check out their reading lists:

• Celebrate Native American History Month with CPL
• Native American Heritage Month Reads for Kids
• Native American Heritage Month Reads for Teens
• Native American Heritage Month Reads for Adults

Visit local museums and learn about Indigenous art:

• Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
• Trickster Cultural Center Arts Institution
• Field Museum: Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories
• Art Institute: Art of the Americas
• Indigenous Futurism Ushers in New Perspectives of Past, Present and Future

National organizations to support:

• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
• We R Native

Indigenous Feminism:

• What is Indigenous Feminism?
• Indigenous Feminism is Our Culture
• How Native American Women Inspired the Women's Rights Movement

Have a resource to add? Email wsgsprogram@luc.edu with your suggestions!