Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum

Name: Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum
Address: 3001 Central Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, US
Telephone: (847) 475-1030
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Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum

Formerly Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Our Mission: To increase the visibility and elevate Native voices through education, advocacy, and awareness

06/19/2026

🌼Garden Info Swap Day 🌼
Learn about adopting native plants into your garden space and find fellowship among fellow gardeners. Come hang out with our garden manager, Camille Billie, to learn about adopting native plants into your garden space and finding community among fellow gardeners. This month there will be:

✨Free seeds & volunteer garden weeding
✨Journaling prompts: reflection on our relationships to land, food and community
✨visitors are welcome to bring heirloom seeds or harvests from their gardens to trade with fellow gardeners

If weather permits, we will meet outside in the gardens next door to the museum. If the weather doesn’t permit, we’ll meet inside the museum. https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/garden-info-swap-2/

06/10/2026

📣📣 Museum Free Day 📣📣
We have a day full of events on Wednesday, June 17th!

🌼10am-7pm Museum Free Day
🌼5pm Guided Tour of Living Stories *Last tour before exhibit closes on June 30
🌼6pm Living Stories – Artist Talk: Jim Terry

For all upcoming events, visit https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/

06/08/2026

New Docent Info Session
Date: Thursday, June 18th
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM.

The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum will be debuting new field trip and tour programming in the autumn of 2026! To prepare, we will be training new and current docents on the new programs during the summer.

If you have been curious about volunteering as a tour docent at the GINM, now is an excellent time to join us! We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information about this program, please contact Michael at [email protected]. https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/

06/05/2026

NEW DATE
Living Stories – Artist Talk: Jim Terry
June 17, 2026 - Wednesday

Jim Terry is featured in our exhibition Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art, set to close on June 30th, 2026.

Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who's called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir "Come Home, Indio" was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay "Paper Cuts", done in residency at The Newberry Library, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated "Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood" and he just completed the feature length film "Shank".

Please RSVP. This is a FREE event. For more information about this program, please contact [email protected] | (847) 475-0911 | https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/living-stories-artist-talk-jim-terry/

*This program was originally scheduled for June 10, 2026. We apologize for any inconvenience in the date change.

06/04/2026

On Sunday, June 28th from 12-5pm, the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum will be a featured garden in the 2026 Evanston Garden Walk hosted by the Evanston Environmental Association.

Tickets to visit all featured gardens are available here https://evanstonenvironment.org/event-6456456.

Alongside the garden walk, the museum will be open and hosting a free admission day and a pop-up artist market. Deadline to apply: June 16. Vendor application here https://forms.gle/YxaDeWyCmM2oc1zQ7

https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/evanston-garden-walk-2026/

05/26/2026

Tomorrow outside in the gardens! Drop in anytime between 11am-3pm. Journal prompts, garden and native plant books from our library in case you’d like to page through. We’ll have free seeds & seedlings. We’ll be sharing some eastern mountain mint, WI Lakes red peppers, and Cherokee purple heirloom tomatoes. See yous soon 😄✌🏽🫘

05/18/2026

Artist Talk: Living Stories
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 at 6:00pm
https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/living-stories-artist-talk-jim-terry/

Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who’s called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir “Come Home, Indio” was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay “Paper Cuts”, done in residency at The Newberry Library, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated “Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood” and he just completed the feature length film “Shank”.

Please RSVP. This is a FREE event. For more information about this program, please contact [email protected] | (847) 475-0911 | www.gichigamiin-museum.org/

05/15/2026

Special Event: Film Screening - Shank | A film by Jim Terry
Date: Saturday, May 30th at 5:30pm
Location: Goodman Theatre - 170 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL

Join us for a screening of the film SHANK, written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Jim Terry, with music by Peckinslaw. Described as “If Monty Python made John Wick with no money”, SHANK is a bonkers action comedy you can’t miss.

The evening will also feature a post-show discussion moderated by cast member Aaron Golding featuring artists from the film. The cast and creative team will reflect on the film’s themes and their experience bringing the piece to life. Light refreshments will be served.

Learn more and RSVP at GoodmanTheatre.org/Shank

05/14/2026

🌼Garden Info Swap Day 🌼
Learn about adopting native plants into your garden space and find fellowship among fellow gardeners. Come hang out with our garden manager, Camille Billie, to learn about adopting native plants into your garden space and finding community among fellow gardeners. This month there will be:

✨Free seedlings: Pycnanthemum Muticum, Cherokee purple tomatos, Wisconsin lakes bell peppers
✨Journalling prompts: reflection on our relationships to land, food and community
✨visitors are welcome to bring seeds to trade with fellow gardeners

If weather permits, we will meet outside in the gardens next door to the museum. If the weather doesn’t permit, we’ll meet inside the museum. https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/garden-info-swap/

05/08/2026

We will be closed Saturday, May 9th for Staff Professional Development. We resume our regular hours on Monday, May 11th. See you then!

Address

3001 Central Street
Evanston, IL
60201

Telephone

(847) 475-1030

Website

https://linktr.ee/Gichigamiinmuseum

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