Yale Native American Cultural Center

FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP WITH PLAYWRIGHT BLOSSOM JOHNSON | Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program -YIPAP December 13, 2021On Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 from 7-9 ET/4-6 PT, The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) will be offering a free workshop with Playwright Blossom Johnson (Diné). This workshop is open to all aspiring Native playwrights, with any level of experience. Building on YIPA...

Recent uploads to the NACC YouTube channel include a presentation by Chief Lynn Malerba, Mohegan Tribal Nation & "Day in the Life of an Indigenous Student" with Hema Patel. Check it out!! :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjW-BCVKgHQ&t=70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFY-civg2ok

Day in the Life of an Indigenous Student | Hema Patel | Native American Cultural Center Welcome to the NACC YouTube Channel! This video is a snapshot into the life of Hema Patel (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe & Gujarati American)Hema Patel she/her/hers...

Check out this weeks events hosted or co-hosted by the NACC!

For more information and to RSVP use the link below 🙌🏽💙😁

https://linktr.ee/Yalenatives

Indigenous Staff & Faculty Meet-N-Greet Luncheon!! Always good to see our Indigenous community enjoying food and connecting 💙🐾
Big thank you to Yale Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Yale Latino Networking Group 🙌🏽🙌🏽
The Indigenous professionals circle at Yale is growing!!

Kickoff Indigenous Peoples' Month with the NACC!! We are having a virtual discussion with Chief Lynn Malerba of the Mohegan Tribal Nation at 6 PM ET TODAY!

Use this link to register: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZgKdqXPhT2eyL5F_BO1bvw

Indigenous Peoples' Month is right around the corner! Check the NACC website calendar for all of our upcoming events and feel free to share our IPM calendar :-)

https://nacc.yalecollege.yale.edu/calendar/month/2021-11

Hearts and tummies are full after the NACC+ + collab for the Journey To Wellness event 💙🙌🏽😁

Today marks a very important day in our Tribe’s history: the 38th Anniversary of our Federal Recognition.

On October 18, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act, which officially acknowledged the formal government-to-government relationship between our Tribe and the federal government, granting us Federal Recognition and providing us the sovereign authority to manage our Tribal Nation.

The settlement with the federal government was based on the fact that the state of Connecticut had illegally sold our lands. In 1854-1855, upwards of 800 acres of Mashantucket Reservation land was sold by a Connecticut judge without either the Tribe’s consent or the approval of the federal government, both of which was required by the Nonintercourse Act of 1790. Only 214 acres—mostly wetlands—remained for the Tribe, which was impossible for planning adequate community housing or sustainable economic development.

Our Tribe’s land claims effort was led by former Tribal Chairman Richard “Skip” Hayward along with assistance from the Native American Rights Fund. Chairman Hayward appeared before the U.S. Senate Hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs on July 14, 1982. The following is an excerpt of Mr. Hayward’s testimony:

“My people have never consented to the forced sales of their land, nor has the passing of years diminished our sense of injustice. Since colonial times, the State of Connecticut had assumed the role of guardian over my people. We did not seek this relationship, which has so often been manipulated to our disadvantage. Many times, we have sought legal counsel only to be told that we could not obtain legal assistance because we could not afford the attorneys’ fees.

In 1855, the State of Connecticut sold all but approximately 200 acres of our Reservation. In vain, we protested that the sales were contrary to federal law and violated our rights under the U.S. Constitution. Passage of this Act will not only settle the Tribe’s land claims once and for all but will enable the Tribe to plan for its overall land base and economic development.

It was the desire of our predecessors that we hold and maintain the land. It is the desire of the Mashantucket Pequot people to continue to exist on its land as a tribe and to be self-governing, maintaining a good standard of living for its people, and become self-determining and self-sufficient through its economic development projects.”

Kutaputuyumuw to Skip and that generation of Pequots for their vision and courage to pursue our ability to self-govern and reclaim the land that was rightfully ours. Your efforts led to one of the greatest resurgences of a people in modern history and built a foundation for us all to stand upon today.

We also thank the many generations of Pequots who came before them and instilled in us all the warrior spirit and our “Pequot Perseverance”. It is that spirit that guides us to realize that when we work hard together, nothing is ever impossible.

Today. If you are a high school senior or caretaker of a high school senior, please join us.

Yale Admissions Recruitment Event: Essay Workshop (High School Students) | Native American Cultural Center Event time: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pmLocation:  Online () See map Event description: Yale is committed to recruitingNative students. Native recruitment liaisons Debra Johns and Anna Smist(Sac & Fox) are offering three programs for interested Native applicants this fall. These...

Tomorrow there will be an Essay Workshop (specifically for Indigenous high school students) with the Yale Admissions office. Use this link for more information. Please share far and wide!

Yale Admissions Recruitment Event: Essay Workshop (High School Students) | Native American Cultural Center Event time: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pmLocation:  Online () See map Event description: Yale is committed to recruitingNative students. Native recruitment liaisons Debra Johns and Anna Smist(Sac & Fox) are offering three programs for interested Native applicants this fall. These...

Come join us for our annual Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Mixer this Friday, October 1st 4-5 PM at the NACC. This is a collaboration with the Asian American Cultural Center, .yale Food will be provided* bring a friend and come mingle! 😃

https://cglink.me/2dA/r1263160

Welcome to the NACC 💙 Same location, same family, same hearts, just with some minor improvements ☺️ come and stay a while 💙