Students stand up for heritage
Univ.’s Native Americans fight for a niche
A man sitting in the middle of a large room tapped on a small drum and sang in Kanien’keha, the language of the Mohawk Nation, with his voice reverberating loudly off the walls. Slowly, students joined the singer on the floor, holding hands and forming a circle around him as they rhythmically moved their feet to the Round Dance song.
The Traditional Iroquois Social, hosted by the Association of Native Americans at Yale, began with a dinner of Indian tacos, corn bread, strawberry drinks and various sweets and concluded with traditional songs and dances featuring singers from the...
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