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Native American Heritage Month
Yale School of Management
165 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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Native American Heritage Month celebrates the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of Native people, while acknowledging their important contributions to this country. It's also an opportune time to get educated about various tribes and the unique challenges those indigenous to this land face both historically and in the present. Check out the Native American Cultural Center at Yale.
Yale University acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac and other Algonquian speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.
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Upcoming Events
Tue, Nov 11, 2025
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Classroom 2210, 2nd Floor & via Zoom
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Indigeneity & the Environment with the Yale Center for Environmental Justice
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Professor Chuck Sams (Director of Indigenous Programs, Yale Center for Environmental Justice) and Professor Gerald Torres (Founder, Yale Center for Environmental Justice) will speak about indigenous environmental justice, tribal sovereignty, natural resource management, education, and cultural revitalization in the United States.
About the Yale Center for Environmental Justice:
The Yale Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ) works with partners across Yale and in communities around the world to remedy the key drivers of injustice while co-creating generative solutions for a more just and sustainable world. The Yale Center for Environmental Justice is a joint undertaking between Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School, in partnership with the Yale College’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.
About Chuck Sams:
Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III — a national leader in environmental stewardship, tribal a national leader in environmental stewardship, tribal sovereignty, and public service — is joining the Yale Center for Environmental Justice as its inaugural director of Indigenous Programs. Sams brings over 30 years of leadership experience to his role at the Yale Center for Environmental Justice. Most recently, he made history as the First Native American to serve as Director of the National Park Service, where he championed initiatives to expand equitable access to public lands, deepen and expand tribal co-management, and strengthen climate resilience across the country’s most treasured landscapes.
About Gerald Torres:
A pioneer in the field of environmental law, Torres has spent his career examining the intrinsic connections between the environment, agricultural and food systems, and social justice. His research into how race and ethnicity impact environmental policy has been influential in the emergence and evolution of the field of environmental justice. His work also includes the study of conflicts over resource management between Native American tribes, states, and the federal government.
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