Pivotal Transitions in the Five College Native American Community

Fall semester of 2012 was a controversial time for Amherst College. No one can forget Angie Epifano’s landmark article, but there were other incidents that rocked the school, though to a lesser extent. An offensive poster concerning autoclaves, Jeffrey Amherst and smallpox blankets was found on the wall of a biology classroom and the menorah on Valentine Quad commemorating Hanukkah was defiled. While this is, unfortunately, not an exhaustive list of provocative events that have scarred the schoo