Adversity and Resiliency for Chicago’s First: The State of Racial Justice for American Indian Chicagoans

Authors: William Scarborough, Faith R. Kares, Iván Arenas, Amanda E. Lewisi
Publication Year: 2019
Last Updated: 2019-10-04 15:28:21
Journal: Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy
Keywords:  Indian Relocation Act of 1956, Indian Removal Act of 1830, ancestral lands, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Odawa, Menominee, Miami, andHo-Chunk.

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The authors aim is twofold. First, they highlight the historical and ongoing contributions of Native Americans to Chicago. In pursuit of this goal, the authors draw upon the work of local scholars and organizations focused on Native American history, community organizing, and development throughout the city. The authors second aim in this report is to document the many ways that racial inequity affects Native Americans in Chicago today. Here, they draw on their strengths as a policy institute located within a public research university to analyze a range of data that helps us capture the current challenges facing Native American Chicagoans.

Jasmine Gurneau, Manager of Native American and Indigenous Initiatives at Northwestern University, focuses on the complexity of determining who “counts” as Native American. Gurneau highlights the various entities, (such as the U.S. government and tribal nations) that have sought to define the criteria for tribal membership and the implications of such decisions. She also discusses the methodological quandaries raised when conducting research on Native peoples.

The authors recognize that their offices and homes are built in areas originally inhabited by Native Americans from multiple tribes, including the Potawatomi, Odawa, Sauk, Ojibwe, Illinois, Kickapoo (Kiikaapoi), Miami (Myaamia), Mascouten, Wea, Delaware, Winnebago, Menominee, and Mesquakie. Throughout this report, the authors seek to honor this history by making visible the contemporary challenges facing Chicago’s Native American population.

Abstract:

The authors aim is twofold. First, they highlight the historical and ongoing contributions of Native Americans to Chicago. In pursuit of this goal, the authors draw upon the work of local scholars and organizations focused on Native American history, community organizing, and development throughout the city. The authors second aim in this report is to document the many ways that racial inequity affects Native Americans in Chicago today. Here, they draw on their strengths as a policy institute located within a public research university to analyze a range of data that helps us capture the current challenges facing Native American Chicagoans.

The authors recognize that their offices and homes are built in areas originally inhabited by Native Americans from multiple tribes, including the Potawatomi, Odawa, Sauk, Ojibwe, Illinois, Kickapoo (Kiikaapoi), Miami (Myaamia), Mascouten, Wea, Delaware, Winnebago, Menominee, and Mesquakie. Throughout this report, the authors seek to honor this history by making visible the contemporary challenges facing Chicago’s Native American population.

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