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By Susan Gonzalez
May 17, 2021
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Gabriella Blatt in front of Sterling Memorial Library.
Yale was not Gabriella Blatt’s first-choice college until she visited the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) during a trip to campus for Bulldog Days. That, she said, was a “game changer.”
Blatt, who was accepted into seven Ivy League schools, was impressed that an entire building at Yale was devoted to Native student life. During her time at Yale the NACC became her anchor a fact, she says, that was ironic.
“In high school, I couldn’t wait to get off the reservation,” said the graduating senior, a member of the Chippewa Cree tribe who grew up on Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana. “At Yale, the Native community has been my beacon of support. I love my reservation and love being Indigenous.”
By Brita Belli
December 22, 2020
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Nellie Conover-Crockett ’22 and her gingerbread Sterling Memorial Library.
For Nellie Conover-Crockett ’22 making gingerbread houses with her mother as a young girl was a favorite holiday tradition. At first, they made typical structures, using a beloved gingerbread recipe. But a couple years ago, the Wisconsin native decided she wanted to try something bigger a gingerbread replica of Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London as a gift for her high school English teacher. “We decorated it with Shakespeare puns,” she said with a laugh.