# @rutgersu on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CW5-wpjs62s
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/180568-rutgersu-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0bbd4c2ccf.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-11-30T16:01:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rutgers University (@RutgersU) — https://gondola.cc/RutgersU

## Caption

For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we spent time talking to some of our Native American members of the Rutgers community about their heritage. Meet Primitiva Buesaquillo, Vice President of RU Indigenous Turtle Island. 

"It is crucial to have a Native American cultural organization on campus, native students need to know that there is a place for them, that there is a community for them. There are roughly about 50 Native American students at Rutgers currently, and a lot of them think they're alone. RU Indigenous wants to not only create community for native students but we also want to be an organization that can advocate for native students. It can be hard to advocate for your community when you are such a small minority, but with a student organization students can voice their opinions and concerns with the knowledge that there is an organization willing to stand behind them and willing to advocate for their needs. It has been a long-time goal of our organization to initiate a native studies program or certificate program, and to create a scholarship for native students, as well as establish a relationship between Rutgers University and our state recognized tribes."

#RutgersExcellence | #RutgersPride ⚔️

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Rutgers University | @RutgersU | https://gondola.cc/RutgersU | University |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Photographer |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Social Media Manager |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Copywriter |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Photo Editor |

## Tags

rutgerspride, nativeamericanheritagemonth, rutgersexcellence

## Events

native american heritage month | rutgers u 2021

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