by student affiliates of the Schell Center Lowenstein Clinic, Yale Law School Human Rights Record of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda to Be Subject of Yale Teach-In Tuesday, September 20, at 3 p.m., outside Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall On Tuesday, September 20, Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, will deliver the Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture at Yale. Yale characterizes President Kagame…
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Indigenous Beats: Art of the DAPL Resistance
by Katie McCleary (Staff Columnist, Apsáalooke/Chippewa-Cree) On Friday, September 9th, Judge James Boasberg denied the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request for an injunction to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline underneath the Missouri River. After Judge Boasberg’s decision, three government agencies – the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and Army Corps…
ANAAY Releases “Water is Life” Photo Series
by Haylee Kushi (Staff Writer) On September 6, the Association of Native Americans at Yale (ANAAY) posted its “Water is Life” photo series on Facebook to call attention to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Construction of the petroleum pipeline has sparked outrage among the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allies, who say that DAPL…
Fake “American Indians” Feature Prominently at New Haven DAPL Protest
by Kodi Alvord (Diné) The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) currently under construction in North Dakota is the site of extreme contention among indigenous activists and community members. Standing Rock Sioux tribal members are protesting, calling for an end to environmental destruction and the exploitation of Native people, land, and water. Pipeline construction has already destroyed a…
New Haven Documentary Series: Part 1, “The Hill”
by Janis Jin On Monday night at 7:30 pm, New Haven community members led by Jonathan Hopkins of BEEEP! (Bicycle Education, Entrepreneurship, and Enrichment Programs) organized a viewing of The Hill at the Bradley Street Bicycle Co-Op. A bike garage lined with boxes of bicycle parts and metal tools thus turned into a makeshift movie…