Community. Advocacy. Planning.
Recent Achievements Unveiled
HB1633 – Native American Curriculum
This bill was developed and championed by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC) in conjunction with Representative Maurice West (D-24). It is a multi-faceted piece of legislation…
SB1446 – School Dress Code Policy
The genesis of this bill started when a community high school student was denied receipt of his diploma because he was wearing cultural items and attire that were gifts from his father and grandfather…
HB3413 – Human Remains Protection Act
For decades, Illinois has failed to return Native American remains and belongings to their communities despite a federal law mandating states to do so. Illinois has the second-largest collection…
Awards

Congratulations to
Mary Smith
Mary was recently awarded as one of the Notable Women in STEM for 2023
Education
Illinois students will be required to learn about Native American history
By Peter Medlin Published August 1, 2023 at 5:30 AM CDT
Arts & Entertainment
‘There There,’ an Exploration of the Urban Native American Experience, Announced as 2023 One Book, One Chicago
By Patty Wetli Published September 6, 2023 5:13 pm
Committees
Dedicated to furthering diverse causes and the greater well-being
Education
To provide, advocate and support an inter-tribal urban system of education, through networks of Native American Programs and other providers to increase academic and career success.
Arts & Culture
To nurture and promote creative and economic development of Native arts and culture in the Chicago area by gathering and sharing relevant information, providing and publicizing events.
Political Action
Advocacy and political action to establish a Statewide Native American Commission and get Native American representation on various relevant statewide commissions.
Media & Outreach
To create and support information sharing within & outside the CAICC community to expand the media communication and coverage of community issues and concerns.
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Kéyah: Paintings and Photographs of Home

Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
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Kéyah: Paintings and Photographs of Home
Drumming and Dancing – Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 7pm

YOUR NATIVE HERITAGE

Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
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2023 New Stages Festival
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Native Traditions: Kinship, Community, and Harmony

Stitch and Sew

Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
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Holiday Art & Gift Market

Winter Art Market

2023 New Stages Festival

Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
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2023 New Stages Festival

Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
Who We Are
The members of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC) are dedicated to furthering diverse causes and the greater well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and First Nations people in the Chicago area. We seek to maximize effectiveness by creating a forum for fostering mutual aid, political support, positive public recognition, strategic alliances, collaborations, and partnerships.
CAICC convenes organizational leaders and members of the Chicago American Indian community for dialogue, advocacy, and planning with the goal of empowering CAICC to better address the issues and needs of the American Indian community.
Land Acknowledgement
Chicago is the traditional homeland of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many Tribes. American Indians continue to call this area home and now Chicago is home to the sixth-largest Urban American Indian community that still practices their heritage, traditions and care for the land and waterways.
Today, Chicago continues to be a place that calls many people from diverse backgrounds to live and gather here. Despite the many changes the city has experienced, our American Indian community sees the importance of the land and this place that has always been a city home to many diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
CHICAGO HAS ALWAYS BEEN INDIAN COUNTRY
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