Ivy Native Summit promotional poster

Ivy Native Summit promotional poster

Indigenous activism

From November 4-6, 2016, the Association of Native Americans at Yale (ANAAY) hosted 175 Indigenous students for the Ivy Native Summit, a gathering of Native students across colleges in the Northeast. It was the largest gathering in the event’s ten year history. The summit’s theme was “Indigenous Feminisms” and examined topics including​​ Indigenous understandings of sexuality and gender, collective care and relationality, and mutual stakes in environmental protection. Students described the event as centering Native women and uplifting their voices and experiences, which had often been erased, as well as articulating a conception of feminisms that recognizes distinct Indigenous cultures and the need to build coexistence and collectivity—a vision that includes and implicates all people, not only Native women.

Isabella Zou

Association for Native Americans at Yale

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November 4-6, 2016

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Summit

Indigenous students from universities across the Northeast

Two days