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Megan Red Shirt-Shaw

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Megan Red Shirt Shaw is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux tribe. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in English, and is currently attending Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education to pursue her M.Ed in Higher Education. She is the founder of Natives In America, an online literary publication for Native American, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian youth. Her favorite phrase her mother ever taught her in Lakota is “Weksuye, Ciksuye, Miksuye” meaning “I remember, I remember you, Remember me.”

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October 12, 2014