Starting in 1952, after the Urban Indian Relocation Act of 1948, the United States Government initiated the Urban Indian Relocation Program, designed to move Native Americans off reservations to seven major urban cities, including Chicago. Under this policy, the government intended to assimilate Native Americans residing on rural reservation lands into the white, American mainstream […]

  Tribal Museums Day 2022Saturday, December 3Sharing Our Wisdom, Values & Diverse Cultures About this event We are excited to participate in the FIRST Tribal Museums Day 2022 on Saturday, December 3, organized by the Association on American Indian Affairs . We will be offering free admission for all visitors during our regular hours of […]

  A thought-provoking traveling exhibit opening in January 2023, highlighting the epidemic of stolen indigenous women, girls, and 2Spirits.  The Mitchell Museum of American Indian will debut a thought-provoking traveling exhibit, No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits, to remember, honor, and illuminate the plight of countless Native individuals who go […]

  Event Postponed Due to the weather, we have decided to postpone tonight’s Member’s Night. We will announce the new date soon.  Miigwetch (Thank you) For more information, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org/events/

We are so excited to bring back Free Museum days! For the first time since 2020, we welcome you to visit us with Free Admission on Monday, February 20, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.   Thank you to Brett Nicholas for sponsoring our 1st free day of 2023! For more information about this program, please contact: […]

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Monday, March 20, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as we celebrate the first day of Spring! Stay tuned as we announce more free days in the coming months! For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org/events/ var exampleCallback […]

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Thursday, April 6, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Stay tuned as we announce more free days in the coming months! For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030  Get tickets below or click here var exampleCallback […]

Presented by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative Education Committee   For additional questions visit https://chicagoaicc.com/7th-annual-urban-native-education-conference/ or contact Education Committee Co-Chairs: Josee Starr: jstarr@gichigamiin-museum.org Aaron Golding: aaron.golding@northwestern.edu

Celebrate Earth Day 2023 with a screening of Powerlands, an award-winning documentary by Navajo filmmaker Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso. We offer two ways to see the film. Watch the movie virtually at your leisure anytime from April 17-May 1, 2023, or join us in person at our watch party followed by a virtual discussion with […]

Visit the Mitchell Museum for FREE on May 4th and 5th for guided public tours and family red dress crafts by St. Kateri Center of Chicago.  Friday, May 5th, is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In observance of this occasion, the Mitchell Museum invites you to visit us […]

Join us for our artist discussion about their work and who they are as artists. There will be a live Q&A at the end of each discussion.Valaria Tatera is a Wisconsin based installation artist, activist and lecturer whose work investigates the intersection of ethnicity, gender, commerce, and the environment. Her work, Justice Ribbons, features 700 […]

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Thursday, June 15th, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Stay tuned as we announce more free days in the coming months! For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030