Indigenous at Yale

Indian Horse: History, Hockey and Healing

Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of abuse, sexual assault, suicide and self-harm. On Netflix (where it’s currently streaming), “Indian Horse” is described as “heartfelt,” […]

November 30, 2020

CATHERINE WEBB

Love Letters/Blood Memory/The Fourth Sister

A letter to maize, beans, and squash Dear Sisters, you are my younger Sisters. I was eighteen years older than you when you rose from […]

November 30, 2020

MIKIALA NG

My Name is Mikiala

Aloha, my name is Mikiala Ng, and I am part Native Hawaiian. I wrote this poem to show how the importance of names, especially those […]

November 30, 2020

MEGHANLATA GUPTA & MADELEINE FREEMAN

Native Studies Q&A with Professor Ned Blackhawk

Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) is a Professor of History and American Studies at Yale. He serves as the faculty coordinator for the Yale Group for […]

November 30, 2020

SIMI OLURIN & ALLISON CHO

Full Disclosure E5: Native Students Speak on Fall Semester and its Significance

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November 30, 2020

EVAN ROBERTS

ROBERTS: The Native vote and what to do next

Native peoples in the United States voted across the nation in this election on every level, from presidential to local, on both sides of the […]

November 29, 2020

MADELEINE FREEMAN

FREEMAN: Native art representation

Since I was a child my mother assembled my dresses, intricately detailed with colorful ribbon, cloth diamond-shaped accents, billowing sleeves and a few ruffles at […]

November 29, 2020

MICAH GREYEYES

GREYEYES: Indigeneity in the past, present and future

When I was younger, I used to wonder if there was an alternate universe where I spoke Cree. I used to wonder what it would […]

November 29, 2020

AMY NICHOLS

NICHOLS: Indigenous sovereignty for a sustainable future

Green capitalism might have you believe that using reusable cups can save the world. But have you ever used a cup that was entirely made […]

November 29, 2020

LEX SCHULTZ

SCHULTZ: Decolonization is more than just a word

This spring in a Yale pre-frosh political discourse group chat, a chat which I usually keep on mute, an argument broke regarding the foundations of […]

November 29, 2020

ALEXANDRA THOMAS & ISABELLA ROBBINS

Braiding Black and Indigenous Intimacies

When tasked with organizing the History of Art Modern and Contemporary Forum programming for fall 2020, we chose to prioritize Black and Indigenous artists. As […]

November 29, 2020