On Sunday, February 19, “Remembrance: Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” opened in Stiles College Art Gallery. Curated by Yale Sisters of All Nations along with the Yale Native American Arts Coalition, the exhibit simultaneously educates and heals. “Remembrance” includes shawls, digital art, paintings, collage, and other mixed media by members of the Native community…
Author: Katie McCleary
Indigenous Beats: Indigenize Your Newsfeed
photo: Bunky Echo Hawk After recently joining twitter, I’ve realized the power of a well curated social media newsfeed. As the #NoDAPL movement continues and Native nations defend themselves against the Trump administration, hearing from Indigenous peoples themselves is the best source of news. If you have yet to finish the Standing Rock Syllabus, check…
Indigenous Beats: Women’s March
In the months leading up to the Women’s March on Washington, Native women leaders across the Nation came together to form a collective called “Indigenous Women Rise.” The name originates from a hashtag representing the resiliency of Indigenous women and notably used by women leading the No DAPL movement. The Indigenous Women Rise collective organized…
Indigenous Beats: Indigenous Voices in the 2016 Election
by Katie McCleary image from Native Vote Indigenous candidates broke records in the 2016 election. Eight Indigenous candidates ran for congress and over ninety ran for state legislatures- more than ever before. Though many Indigenous peoples may have lost interest in the national election after a white haired candidate who could talk to birds dropped…
Celebration and Resistance: Stories from Indigenous Peoples’ Day
by Katie McCleary feature photo courtesy of Alex Zhang Yale University Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Yale University received an unprecedented amount of local press not because Indigenous peoples spent two days radically resisting settler colonialism by celebrating each other and their ancestors’ resistance, but rather because of the controversy surrounding the circulation of racist imagery….