![Kateri Phillips serves sweet fern tea to participants at the Enlightenment of Indigenous Foods event. The goal of the event was to increase awareness around Native foods and their importance in Native culture.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-from-iOS-6-675x900.jpg)
Event highlights ties between Indigenous foods culture
Olivia Apa, Features Writer
• November 17, 2021
![Courses next semester teach anti-racism, decolonization, human rights](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Antiracism-1-pdf-900x900.jpg)
Courses next semester teach anti-racism, decolonization, human rights
Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
• October 29, 2021
![HEALING CIRCLE - Members of Morning Thunder play a closing song after the unveiling of the NMU land acknowledgement at the morning ceremony for Indigenous Peoples Day 2021. The land acknowledgement sign and recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day were long processes that the Native community on NMUs campus strove to bring into existence.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PXL_20211011_144025795-900x506.jpg)
Native groups on campus continued advocacy for Indigenous recognition
Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor
• October 15, 2021
![HEALING WITH FOOD – Rebecca M. Webster is the keynote speaker for this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day and will be talking about the importance of seed keeping and Indigenous food sovereignty as it relates to healing for Indigenous people. Her talk will open the evening ceremony at 6 p.m.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Rebecca-Webster-831x900.png)
Keynote speaker for Indigenous Peoples’ Day to speak about seed keeping, healing
Sophia Huhta, Contributing writer
• October 8, 2021
![The Food Sovereignty Symposium in-person event was postponed this year due to COVID-19. The event will be rescheduled for May 2022. NMU student Reese Carter designed the promotional poster for the symposium this year.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/symposium_save-the-date_final-lj-ig-696x900.jpeg)
Virtual Food Sovereignty Symposium looks at decolonizing food systems
Olivia Apa, Features Writer
• September 27, 2021
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