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Alumni Testimonials
In January 2008 the Native American Studies Program sent the following note to its alumni: "Since graduating from Colgate University what impact has your learning in Native American Studies -- including courses, independent studies, internships, off-campus experiences -- had on your life, both personal and professional?"

Here are excerpts from the replies (PDF). If other NAST alumni wish to add their comments, please contact jkerber@colgate.edu

Past Events

Kandice Watson Lecture(April 2008)

Dorothy Lippert Lecture (PDF) (November 2007)

Eric Gansworth Reading (PDF) (November 2007)

Native American Arts & Culture Festival (PDF) (October 2007)

Grassy Narrows Conference (PDF) (October 2007)

Jack Rossen Lecture (PDF) (September 2007)

Maria Cristina Pineda de Carias Lecture (JPG) (September 2007)

Celebrating Our Native People (PDF) (Summer 2007)

Exploring the Pre-Columbian Past ( PDF) (Spring 2007)

Performances Among Native Peoples of the Americas ( PDF) (Spring 2007)

Peter Jemison Lecture (PDF) (September 2006)

Native American Arts and Culture Festival (JPG) (November 2006)

Alida Perez Santos, Guatemalan Master Weaver and Maya Spokeperson (JPG) (November 2006)

Douglas George-Kanentiio Lecture & Book Signing (PDF) (November 2006)

American Indian Sovereignty, in Theory and Practice (PDF) (March 2006)

Meeting of American Archeologists (PDF) (February 2006)

Maya Indian Textiles and Identity (PDF) (November 2005)

Residential School Experiences (PDF) (October 2005)

Native American Symposium (PDF) (September 2005)

Past Events in Native American Studies (JPG) (1985-2006)

Past news articles about NAST

Here are selected articles about the Native American studies program.

Colgate University News

Susan Taffe's research project involved the Native American flute. More.

Colgate sponsors Native American cultural festival (Nov. 2007)
Colgate festival highlights art, culture of Native Americans (Nov. 09, 2006)
Speakers to address Indian sovereignty (March 02, 2006)
Janet McAdams to hold Olive B. O'Connor Visiting Professorship in Native American Studies (Nov. 11, 2005)
Roles of Native American women highlighted at symposium (Sept. 23, 2005)
Upstate Institute examines job creation by Oneida Nation (Feb. 15, 2005)
Native American author urges students to question selves (Nov. 04, 2004)
Junior takes Native American music inside prison walls (Oct. 05, 2004)
Colgate students help Oneidas reconnect to past (Dec. 12, 2003)

The Colgate Maroon News

Studying Abroad: Beyond the Colgate Education (Oct. 24, 2008)
Amazon Rainforest Conservationists Visit Colgate (Oct. 10, 2008)
Uniting Nations and Peoples (Nov. 1, 2007)
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Teaches a Lesson (Nov. 16, 2006)
Native American Culture Celebrated at Colgate (Nov. 09, 2006)
Native American Festival Brings Colgate Back to its Roots (Nov. 02, 2006)
Supporting Santa Fe's Tesuque Nation (Sept. 30, 2005)

The Colgate Scene

Lecture highlights shamans' role in protecting Amazon (Winter 2009)
Professor Chris Vecsey joins the Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers in the Snake Dance, Native American Arts and Culture Festival (Winter 2009)
Celebrating Native American Culture with dance, music, and crafts (January 2008)
Celebrating Culture (January 2007)
Expanding horizons: In the ruins of Copán (May 2005)
Native Connections (November 2004)
An authentic experience(September 2003)
West through the Black Hills (November 1999)
An ancient wrong righted (May 1997)

Other Sources

Colgate to host Native American Arts and Culture Festival (2008)
Oneida Indian Nation interview with Professor Jordan Kerber (2008)
Colgate University hosts Native American Festival (Oct. 28, 2007)
Colgate explores Indian sovereignty (March 6, 2006)
Doulas ease labor pangs (Aug. 07, 2005)