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When I originally agreed to speak to Nicholas P. Caron for his article "American Indians at Harvard," (11 28 84) my hope was to publicize the tenth anniversary of the organization American Indians at Harvard (AIH) and to help create a greater awareness of Native-American issues. Unfortunately, this did not happen. The article was instead a negative and greatly misleading account of Native Americans at Harvard in addition to being a misrepresentation of my views as an officer of AIH. Although Caron's original goal was to dispell stereotypes of Native Americans, in some instances he has succeeded...
...Harvard student, I will be the first to say that I am not representative of American college students in general, simply because I do go to Harvard. This is not to sound elitist, but to state a fact. I am therefore angered by Caron's statement that "...each of the 18 students here brings interesting and important experiences that are surprisingly representative of Indians nationwide." How can Caron actually believe that after talking to five students he has enough evidence to make such a grossly erroneous statement. If we are representative of Native Americans nationwide, then why are there only...
...Caron tends to generalize statements, he also tends to use words lightly. Supposedly I said that my "studies mean freedom from oppression and stereotypes." The word "oppression" should only be used to describe dire circumstances, not the experience of middle class students who go to Harvard. I would never use that word to describe my own situation and neither should Caron...
...fact that Caron is preoccupied with stereotypes is shown in the sentence. "They say they have no qualms about using the white man's way." I have heard the phrase "the white man's way" used in old Billy Jack movies but it is not something I use myself. I prefer to say "dominant society...
There are two other technical faults I would like to point out. Flrst, Michael P. Tsosie is not the president of AIH, the president is John E. Murphy. Had Caron checked his notes carefully, he would not have made this error. Second, the statement made by Michael P. Tsosie and myself "that coming to college is to 'go capitalist'" in addition to my comment "You're out for yourself first" were taken out of context from two separate topics of conversation. I wish that Caron would have left these statements out or elaborated on them...