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NAISA reflects on anti-Indigenous hate on campus after Rock painting vandalized
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By JOSHUA PERRY
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Northwestern’s Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance gathered Thursday to paint The Rock in celebration of Native American Heritage Month for the first time in the organization’s history. The idea was years in the making, according to Isabel St. Arnold, a NAISA member and a Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe. For the longest time, the SESP senior said the
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organization didn’t have enough members to take on a project of that size. But a recent influx of new members made it possible this year. After NAISA members took shifts guarding the Rock — as per tradition — they began the painstaking process of painting it, St. Arnold said. The design, which took about three hours to complete, featured several messages, including red handprints representing missing and murdered Indigenous women in North America, a land acknowledgement for the Ojibwe tribe and a figure of a Jingle Dress Dancer signifying healing.
This wasn’t the first time the Rock had been painted for Native American Heritage Month. Last November, after The Rock had been made to look like a pilgrim, a group of Indigenous graduate students painted the rock with pro-Native and Black Lives Matter messaging. But by Thanksgiving, their messages had been altered and painted over. NAISA members knew the possibility of history repeating itself wasn’t out of the question, however. They joked while they worked, off-hand, about how long it would
» See VANDALISM, page 6
D65 community surprised by IGA rejection City Council shot down agreement, which would establish priorities for 5th Ward TIF By OLIVIA ALEXANDER
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After months of negotiations, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community members were surprised to see City Council reject an intergovernmental agreement with the district. The agreement would have established mutual priorities in a tax increment financing district in the 5th Ward. That included affirming the city’s prioritization of funding projects that support home ownership, affordable housing and workforce development. The proposed agreement also called
for a good-faith effort to establish a neighborhood school in the 5th Ward. At its Oct. 25 meeting, City Council approved the 5/5 TIF on a controversially split 5-4 vote, re-voting at the last minute to reject the proposed intergovernmental agreement with the district. In a letter to the District 65 Community, the school board said City Council’s lack of transparency came “somewhat as a surprise” and left the district without time to appropriately respond. The city response said Evanston shares many of the district’s values surrounding equity but prefers to implement them in different ways,
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and the decision to reject the agreement reflects the difficulty of negotiating contracts between separate government bodies. Board President Anya Tanyavutti said at their initial meeting in July 2021, City Council and District 65 committed jointly to prevent the displacement of Black and brown families in Evanston. “We communicated that we had concerns about the disproportionate impact of the policy on our most vulnerable populations,” Tanyavutti said. “We didn’t feel comfortable lending our public support to a policy that would have both
» See IGA, page 6
Illustration by Meher Yeda.
City Council approved the 5/5 TIF on a controversially split vote, deciding at the last minute to reject the proposed intergovernmental agreement with D65.
Administrators reiterate policy on displays Following a student protest at the Nov. 6 NorthwesternIowa football game, senior administrators reiterated NU’s demonstration policy in a universitywide email Tuesday, emphasizing the University will take action to hold demonstrators accountable for violating the policy. The email said the University protects students’ freedom of speech but will enforce repercussions for students who violate the demonstration policy. Ramifications may involve “suspension, expulsion or legal consequences as appropriate,” the email said. The statement specifically condemned the Nov. 6 protest,
» See PROTEST POLICY, page 6
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