Native Elite
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The Native Elite: A (Re)Introduction of Access & Power
9 months ago, I wrote The Native Elite. A blog post commenting on and introducing the concept of a subset of peoples within native communities who possess strands of power that differentiates themselves from the rest of native communities. I wrote that blog post in an attempt to name an issue that I was seeing…
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The Native Elite
Hey, folx. I think it is the time that we talk about a particular trend that I am seeing in our community. But first, a story. In 2013, I was one out of 6 (known) Native scholars who were projected to graduate in 2017 from an elite institution, Brown University. From the onset…