While Northwestern has increased the number of Indigenous students and faculty in recent years, some community members believe the University is far behind many peer institutions.
“We are way behind in enrollment as a percentage of attendance,” said Pamela Silas, associate director of community outreach and engagement at NU’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, who is of the Menominee and Oneida tribes of Wisconsin. “We’re terrible. We can’t do the lofty goals we have without hav...