A series of events celebrating 100 years of Native American students at the University and the legacy of Henry Roe Cloud, the first Native American graduate of Yale College, will take place on campus Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 5-6.
The events commemorating Cloud's enrollment at the University in 1906 and Yale's growing relationship with Native America include a tour of the Native American Collection at Yale's Peabody Museum, a presentation by archivist Judith Schiff on the Henry Roe Cloud Papers in Sterling Memorial Library and a special performance, "Drumming with the Mystic Singers," on Cross Campus.
"This is a celebration of 100 years of Yale and Native America. With this landmark event, we hope to highlight and honor the University's support of this increasingly visible group within the Yale family. We also hope to enhance the profile of the University throughout Native America. In short, we are taking this occasion to mark the permanency of this relationship," says Jay Gitlin, associate director of the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers & Borders, which is co-hosting the celebration.
The first event, 9:30-10:45 a.m. on Saturday, will be a tour of Native American artifacts on display at the Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. The Peabody's curator of anthropology will then guide visitors on a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's extensive holdings of Native American objects that are not on display.
The presentation by Schiff begins at 11:15 a.m. in the Manuscripts and Archives collection of Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. The archivist and Yale historian will discuss the papers and correspondence documenting Cloud's years at Yale and his distinguished career as an educator and prominent advocate for Native Americans across the nation. Original family photographs and other memorabilia will also be on view.
At 1:30 p.m., there will be a performance of ceremonial drumming, dancing and singing by the Mystic River Singers on Cross Campus (between High and College streets). With several CDs to their credit, the prize-winning performers represent a variety of North American tribes -- including the Mashantucket Pequot, Cherokee, Sioux, Ojibwe, Northern Cheyenne and Crow. The group takes its name from the Mystic River in Connecticut, which flows through the ancestral Pequot territory of Mistick, Quinnehtukqut.
The celebration of indigenous traditions will be followed at 3 p.m. by "Talking Circles" focusing on the theme of Native Americans and higher education. This subject was integral to the life and interests of Cloud, who was the director of Haskell University (now Haskell Indian Nations University) in Lawrence, Kansas, and a tireless promoter of higher education as the key to advancement for his fellow natives.The discussions will take place in Rms. 119A, 119B and 116 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St.
All of the above events are free and open to the public.
At a private dinner later on Saturday, two new awards created to honor Yale's first Native American graduate will be presented. The first Henry Roe Cloud medal, or Native Alumni Achievement Award -- for a Native alumnus or alumna of Yale who has achieved professional distinction and made outstanding contributions to the community, state or nation -- will be presented to Sam Deloria. A second award -- to a community member who has significantly improved or enriched the lives of Native American students at Yale -- will be given to Yale Professor Howard Lamar.
Deloria, a 1964 Yale College graduate and a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, has been a champion of human rights for Native Americans. Among other distinctions, he is director of the American Indian Law Center Inc., and the founder of the Commission on State-Tribal Relations. He is the first secretary general of the World Council of Indigenous People.
Lamar, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus and former president of Yale, has promoted understanding and appreciation of Native American culture and history generally, and he has been particularly involved with Native American students at Yale. One of the most respected scholars of the American West, Lamar is an advocate for the field of Native American studies.
A brunch and open house with Native students at Yale will be held at the Native American Cultural Center, 297 Crown St., on Sunday, 11 a.m.2 p.m. The event is open to Yale students and members of the Yale community only.
For more information or to register, contact rosalinda.garcia@yale.edu or visit www.aya.yale.edu/henryroecloud.
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