Native students are changing the college and university experience for themselves and future students by stepping onto campuses once used as assimilation tools
Native American activists at colleges are pushing their schools to do more to atone for past wrongs, much in the way states, cities and universities are weighing reparations for slavery and discrimination against Black people
Philip Marcelo May 26, 2021 - 10:21 PM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) â When Samantha Maltais steps onto Harvardâs campus this fall, sheâll become the first member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe to attend its prestigious law school. Itâs a âfull-circle momentâ for the university and the Marthaâs Vineyard tribe, she says.
More than 350 years ago, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, became the first Native American to graduate from the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university â the product of its 1650 charter calling for the education of âEnglish and Indian youth of this country.â Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck1650 charter
âComing from a tribal community in its backyard, Iâm hyper aware of Harvardâs impact,â said Maltais, the 24-year-old daughter of her tribeâs chairwoman. âItâs a symbol of New Englandâs colonial past, this tool of assimilation that pushed Native Ameri
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) When Samantha Maltais steps onto Harvard’s campus this fall, she’ll become the first member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe to attend its prestigious law school. It’s a “full-circle moment” for the university and the Martha’s Vineyard tribe, she says. More than 350 years ago, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, became […]