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“Being a straight ally is very much about me,” Saffiyah Madraswala, BC ’09 and Respecting Ourselves and Others Through Education facilitator, explained Tuesday night to a small group in John Jay Lounge, “but at the same time, it’s not about me at all.”

Students, faculty, and Native American scholars discussed introducing an indigenous studies program as part of Friday’s Faculty House workshop on the under-representation of Native Americans in Columbia’s curriculum and faculty.