Naropa University b.a. intd.
capstone thesis
lyricism
a catalyst for liberation
land acknowledgement"We begin our work by acknowledging that the land where we live today is the territory of the Hinono’ei (Arapaho) people. We honor Chief Left Hand (Nawath), leader of the last Hinono’ei band to spend their winters in the Boulder Valley. Many Hinono’ei people were massacred by the US Cavalry at Sand Creek, Colorado, in 1864. The survivors were forced out of Colorado to reservations in Wyoming and Oklahoma, where most Hinono’ei live today. In our daily lives, let us remember that the Boulder Valley is home to the Hinono’ei people and to many other tribes that also camped, hunted and traded here for centuries. Native people of many Indigenous nations live here today."
who am I?I was named Rachael Gula. I am a:
student at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado
a singer-songwriter
a water protector
social activist officer at Naropa's Student Union
founding member of Naropa's Mindful Tech Club, led by Crystal Street
arts based project:
elements
A four song EP written by rachael gula, performed live by the Spring '23 Naropa Ensemble
led by professor Khabu Douglas Young
featuring
Jules
Evan Rost
Hunter Sanders
Painter
Lily Eby
Timothy Cox
Arthur Becker
research paper
Findings from my research, which was guided by the question, "How does lyrcism catalyze liberation?"
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images courtesy of Mackenzie Ryan Photography
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