The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, also known as the Harvard Project, was founded in 1987 at
Harvard Kennedy School
The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...
at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
. It administers tribal awards programs as well as provides support for students and conducting research. The Harvard Project aims to understand and foster the conditions under which sustained, self-determined social and
economic development
In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and ...
is achieved among
American Indian nations through applied research and service.
Overview of the Harvard Project
Founded by Professors Stephen Cornell and Joseph P. Kalt at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
in 1987, the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (Harvard Project) is housed within the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the
Harvard Kennedy School
The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...
,
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
. The Harvard Project aims to promote research to understand and foster the conditions under which sustained, self-determined social and economic development is achieved among the American Indian nations. The Harvard Project's core activities include research, education, and the administration of a tribal governance awards program. In all of its activities, the Harvard Project collaborates with the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory.
T ...
. The Harvard Project is also formally affiliated with the Harvard University Native American Program.
At the heart of the Harvard Project is the systematic,
comparative study of social and economic development on
American Indian reservations
An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it ...
. The study made several findings of what approaches lead to improved
socio-economic
Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local ...
conditions in American Indian nations. The study found that when Native nations make their own decisions about what development approaches to take, external decision-makers on matters as diverse as governmental form,
natural resource management
Natural resource management (NRM) is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations (stewardship) ...
, economic development, health care, and
social service
Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administ ...
provision. The study found that for development to take hold, assertions of
sovereignty
Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...
must be backed by capable institutions of governance. Nations do this as they adopt stable decision rules, establish fair and independent mechanisms for
dispute resolution, and separate politics from day-to-day business and program management.
Indigenous societies are diverse; each nation must equip itself with a governing structure,
economic system, policies, and procedures that fit its own contemporary culture.
Nation-building requires leaders who introduce new knowledge and experiences, challenge assumptions, and propose change. Such leaders, whether elected,
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
, or
spiritual, convince people that things can be different and inspire them to take action.
Honoring Nations
The Harvard Project also administers ''Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations'', a national awards program that identifies, documents, and shares outstanding examples of tribal government problem-solving. This expands the capacities of Native nation-builders by enabling them to learn from each other's successes.
["The State of Native Nations: Conditions under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination".Oxford University Press, New York. 2008. pg. xiii] The high public visibility and news coverage of Honoring Nations also permit Non-native policymakers, the media, and the
general public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlic ...
to see what Native nations are actually doing in the drive for
self-determination. Established in 1998, Honoring Nations’ experiences are the foundation for the teaching, advising, and
policy analysis
Policy analysis is a technique used in the public administration sub-field of political science to enable civil servants, nonprofit organizations, and others to examine and evaluate the available options to implement the goals of laws and elected ...
from the partnership between the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the Native Nations Institute at the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory.
T ...
.
At the heart of Honoring Nations is the principle that tribes themselves hold the key to positive social, political, cultural, and
economic prosperity—and that
self-governance plays a crucial role in preserving and sustaining strong, healthy Indian nations. Its programs serve as sources of knowledge and inspiration and are utilized by more than just indigenous communities.
[{{cite web, url=http://hpaied.org/honoring-nations/about-honoring-nations, title=About Honoring Nations - The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, publisher=]
Honoring Nations invites applications from American Indian governments across a broad range of subject areas: education; health care;
resource management
In organizational studies, resource management is the efficient and effective development of an organization's resources when they are needed. Such resources may include the financial resources, inventory, human skills, production resources, or i ...
; government policy development and reform; justice;
intergovernmental relations; and economic, social, and cultural programs. A Board of Governors composed of distinguished individuals from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors guides the evaluation process, in which up to ten programs are selected for “High Honors” or “Honors.” All honorees receive national recognition. At each stage of the selection process, programs are evaluated on the basis of effectiveness, significance to
sovereignty
Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...
, cultural relevance,
transferability, and sustainability. To facilitate the
dissemination
To disseminate (from lat. ''disseminare'' "scattering seeds"), in the field of communication, is to broadcast a message to the public without direct feedback from the audience.
Meaning
Dissemination takes on the theory of the traditional view ...
of best practices, honorees receiv
financial awardsto share their success stories with other governments. The Harvard Project also produces reports, case studies, and other curricular materials that are disseminated to tribal leaders, public servants, the media, scholars, students, and others interested in promoting and
fostering
Fosterage, the practice of a family bringing up a child not their own, differs from adoption in that the child's parents, not the foster-parents, remain the acknowledged parents. In many modern western societies foster care can be organised by th ...
excellence in governance.
To date, Honoring Nations has recognized 142 exemplary tribal government programs, practices, and initiatives and held five tribal government
symposia
''Symposia'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.
Species
it contains six species in Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic o ...
.
Honoring Nations Awards
—1999 Honorees—
High Honors:
Idaho Gray Wolf Recovery Program Wildlife Management Program Nez Perce Tribe.
* New Law and Old Law Together Judicial Branch,
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...
.
* Off-Reservation Indian Foster Care Human Services Division, Fond du Lac
Lake Superior Band of Chippewa
The Lake Superior Chippewa (Anishinaabe: Gichigamiwininiwag) are a large number of Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) bands living around Lake Superior; this territory is considered part of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in the United States. They ...
.
* Ojibwe Language Program Department of Education,
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe ( oj, Misi-zaaga'igani Anishinaabeg), also known as the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located in east-central Minnesota. The Band has 4,302 members as of 2012. ...
.
* Pte Hca Ka, Inc.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following the attrition of the Lakota in a series of wars in the 1870s. The reservation covers almost all of Dewey ...
.
* Tax Initiative Economic Development Kayenta Township Commission, Navajo Nation.
* Water Quality Standards Environment Department,
Pueblo of Sandia.
* Wildlife and Fisheries Management Program Jicarilla Game and Fish Department, Jicarilla
Apache Tribe
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe (Native American), tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla Apache, Jicarilla, Lipan Apache ...
.
Honors:
* Cherokee Tribal Sanitation Program Tribal Utilities,
Eastern Band of Cherokee
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᏱ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᎩ, ''Tsalagiyi Detsadanilvgi'') is a federally recognized Indian Tribe based in Western North Carolina in the United States. They are descended from the sma ...
.
* Choctaw Health Center Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
* Institutionalized Quality Improvement Program Puyallup Tribal Health Authority,
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
The Puyallup, Spuyalpabš or S’Puyalupubsh (pronounced: Spoy-all-up-obsh) ('generous and welcoming behavior to all people, who enter our lands') are a federally recognized Coast Salish Native American tribe from western Washington state, Uni ...
.
* Land Claims Distribution Trust Fund Chairman's Office, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
* Minnesota 1837 Ceded Territory Conservation Code Department of Natural Resources,
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe ( oj, Misi-zaaga'igani Anishinaabeg), also known as the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located in east-central Minnesota. The Band has 4,302 members as of 2012. ...
.
* Navajo Studies Department Rough Rock Community School, Navajo Nation.
* Rosebud Sioux Tribal Education Department and Code Education Department, Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
* Tribal Court of the Grand Traverse Band Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
—2000 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Economic Development Corporation: Ho-Chunk, Inc.,
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( win, Nįįšoc Hoocąk) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk Native Americans. The other is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as ''Hochungra'' – "Peopl ...
.
* Elders Cultural Advisory Council Forest Resources,
San Carlos Apache Tribe
The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation ( Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache tribe as well as surrounding Yavapai and Apache bands removed f ...
.
* Hopi Jr./Sr. High: Two Plus Two Plus Two Hopi Junior/Senior High School,
Hopi Nation
The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the United ...
.
* Navajo Treatment Center for Children and Family (Formerly: Navajo Child Special Advocacy Program) Division of Social Services, Navajo Nation.
* Poeh Center: Sustaining and Constructing Legacies Poeh Cultural Center,
Pueblo of Pojoaque.
* Swinomish Cooperative Land Use Program Office of Planning and Community Development,
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
* White Earth Suicide Intervention Team White Earth Chippewa Tribe.
* Yukaana Development Corporation Louden Tribal Council.
Honors:
* Coeur d’Alene Tribal Wellness Center Benewah Medical Center,
Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
* Enhancing Government-to-Government Relationships Intergovernmental Affairs Department, The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
* Grand Traverse Band Planning and Development
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians ( oj, Gichi-wiikwedong Odaawaag miina ojibweg) is a federally recognized Native American tribe located in northwest Michigan on the Leelanau Peninsula. Sam McClellan is the current tribal c ...
.
* Navajo Nation Archaeology Department – Training Programs Navajo Nation Archaeology Department,
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...
.
* Pharmacy On-Line Billing Initiative Human Services Division, Fond du Lac Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa
The Lake Superior Chippewa (Anishinaabe: Gichigamiwininiwag) are a large number of Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) bands living around Lake Superior; this territory is considered part of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in the United States. They ...
.
* Small Business Development Program Corporate Commission, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians.
* Treaty Rights/National Forest Management Memorandum of Understanding Member Tribes of the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
* White Mountain Apache Wildlife and Recreation Program Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Division,
White Mountain Apache Tribe.
—2002 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Yakama, Umatilla,
Nez Perce
The Nez Percé (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning "we, the people") are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who are presumed to have lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region for at least 11,500 years.Ames, K ...
, and
Warm Springs Tribes.
* Gila River Youth Council Gila River Indian Community.
* Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy.
* Umatilla Basin Salmon Recovery Project Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
* Whirling Thunder Wellness Program Winnebago Tribal Health Department,
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( win, Nįįšoc Hoocąk) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk Native Americans. The other is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as ''Hochungra'' – "Peopl ...
.
* Ya Ne Dah Ah School Education Department, Chickaloon Village Tribal Council.
* Yakama Nation Land Enterprise, Confederated Tribes, and Bands of the Yakama Nation
* Zuni Eagle Sanctuary - Zuni Fish and Wildlife Department,
Pueblo of Zuni.
Honors:
* Bringing Financial and Business Expertise to Tribes - Borrego Springs Bank,
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
The Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, also called the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, is a federally recognized tribe of Kumeyaay Indians.
Reservations
In 1875, the Viejas Band share ...
.
* Cherokee Nation History Course - Human Resources Department, Cherokee Nation.
* Coyote Valley Tribal EPA, Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
* Government Reform Diné Appropriate Government and Local Governance Projects - Office of Navajo Government Development, Navajo Nation.
* The Healing Lodge, Colville,
Spokane
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Ca ...
, Kalispel,
Kootenai
The Kutenai ( ), also known as the Ktunaxa ( ; ), Ksanka ( ), Kootenay (in Canada) and Kootenai (in the United States), are an indigenous people of Canada and the United States. Kutenai bands live in southeastern British Columbia, northern ...
, Coeur d’Alene, Nez Perce and
Umatilla Tribes.
* “Nation Building” Among the Chilkoot Tlingit, Chilkoot Indian Association.
* Safe, Clean Waters - Lummi Tribal Sewer and Water District, Lummi Indian Nation.
* Southwest Oregon Research Project (SWORP),
Coquille Indian Tribe
The Coquille Indian Tribe ( ) is the federally recognized Native American tribe of the Coquille people
who have traditionally lived on the southern Oregon Coast.
History
Pre-contact through the mid-19th century
Beginning in 1847, following th ...
.
—2003 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Chuka Chukmasi Home Loan Program - Division of Housing,
Chickasaw Nation
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha I̠yaakni) is a federally recognized Native American tribe, with its headquarters located in Ada, Oklahoma in the United States. They are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, original ...
.
* Family Violence and Victim's Services - Department of Family and Community Services, Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians.
* Honoring Our Ancestors: The Chippewa Flowage Joint Agency Management Plan, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
* Kake Circle Peacemaking, The Organized Village of Kake.
* Menominee Community Center of Chicago,
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ...
.
* Navajo Nation Corrections Project, Department of Behavioral Services, Navajo Nation.
* Quil Ceda Village, The Tulalip Tribes
* Trust Resource Management - Office of Support Services, Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes.
Honors:
* Assuring Self-Determination through an Effective Law Enforcement Program - Gila River Police Department, Gila River Indian Community.
* Cherokee National Youth Choir, Cherokee Nation
* Choctaw Community Injury Prevention Program - Choctaw Health Center, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
* Cultural Resources Protection Program, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
* Gila River Telecommunications, Inc., Gila River Indian Community.
* Na’Nizhoozhi Center, Inc., The Navajo Nation in cooperation with
Zuni Pueblo
Zuni Pueblo (also Zuñi Pueblo, Zuni: ''Halona Idiwan’a'' meaning ‘Middle Place’) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 6,302 as of the 2010 Census. It is inhabited largely b ...
, City of Gallup,
McKinley County, and the State of New Mexico.
* Northwest Intertribal Court System, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.
* Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board The 43 federally recognized tribes of Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
.
—2005 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Akwesasne Freedom School, Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.
* Flandreau Police Department, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.
* Oneida Nation Farms,
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.
* Professional Empowerment Program SWO – Human Services Agency, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate.
* Siyeh Corporation,
Blackfeet Nation
The Blackfeet Nation ( bla, Aamsskáápipikani, script=Latn, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Monta ...
.
* Tribal Monitors Program Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
* Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council Koyukon and Gwich’in Athabascan, Yupik, and Tlingit.
Honors:
* The Cherokee Language Revitalization Project Cherokee Nation Language Department, Cherokee Nation.
* Choctaw Tribal Court System Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
* The Hopi Land Team Office of the chairman, The Hopi Tribe.
* Miccosukee Tribe Section 404 Permitting Program Real Estate Services, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
* Migizi Business Camp Education Department,
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians ( oj, Gaaching-Ziibi Daawaa Anishinaabe) is a federally recognized Native American tribe of the Odawa people in the United States. It is based in Manistee and Mason counties in northwest Michigan. It was recog ...
.
* Navajo Nation Sales Tax - Office of the Navajo Tax Commission, Navajo Nation.
* ONABEN's Innovative Models for Enterprise Development, ONABEN - A Native American Business Network.
—2006 Honorees—
High Honors:
* AlterNative Sentencing Program, Tulalip Tribal Court, the Tulalip Tribes.
* Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation,
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma. The Potawatomi are traditionally an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands tribe. They have 29,155 enrolled tribal members, of whom 10,312 live in ...
.
* Hopi Education Endowment Fund, The Hopi Tribe.
* Morongo Tutoring Program - Social Services Department,
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized tribe in California, United States. The main tribal groups are Cahuilla and Serrano. Tribal members also include Cupeño, Luiseño, and Chemehuevi Indians. Although many tribes in C ...
.
* Navajo Methamphetamine Task Forces, Navajo Department of Behavioral Services, Navajo Nation.
* Red Lake Walleye Recovery Program, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
* Tribal Land Title and Records Office, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Honors:
* Bad River Recycling/Solid Waste Department, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Band of Chippewa.
* Cultural Education and Revitalization Program, Makah Cultural and Research Center,
Makah Nation.
* Homeownership: Financial, Credit and Consumer Protection Program - Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
* Hopi Child Care Program, The Hopi Tribe.
* Indian Child Welfare Services - Department of Indian Child Welfare Services,
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine ( pqm, Metaksonekiyak Wolastoqewiyik) is a federally recognized tribe of Maliseet, whose land is along the Meduxnekeag River in Maine. They are headquartered in Littleton, Maine, located in Aro ...
.
* Task Force on Violence Against Women, National Coalition of Native Nations and Organizations Affiliated Through the National Congress of American Indians.
* Winnebago Community Development Fund Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation,
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( win, Nįįšoc Hoocąk) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk Native Americans. The other is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as ''Hochungra'' – "Peopl ...
.
—2008 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Archie Hendricks, Sr. Skilled Nursing Facility and Tohono O’odham Hospice,
Tohono O’odham Nation.
* Muscogee Creek Nation Reintegration Program, Muscogee Creek Nation.
* Osage Nation Governmental Reform Initiative, Osage Nation.
* Pine Hill Health Center, Navajo Nation, Ramah Chapter.
* Project Falvmmichi, Choctaw Nation.
Honors:
* Chickasaw Press, Chickasaw Nation
* Community Council Task Force, Ak-Chin Indian Community.
* Intercultural Leadership Initiative, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
* Tsigo bugeh Village,
Ohkay Owengeh.
* Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
—2010 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Air Quality Program,
Gila River Indian Community
The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (O'odham language: Keli Akimel Oʼotham, ''meaning "Gila River People"'', Maricopa language: Pee-Posh) is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the city of ...
.
* Citizen Potawatomi Nation Constitutional Reform,
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma. The Potawatomi are traditionally an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands tribe. They have 29,155 enrolled tribal members, of whom 10,312 live in ...
.
* Coast Salish Gathering, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
* Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe Indian School,
AIPC
The All India Professionals' Congress (AIPC) is a wing of the Indian National Congress, focused on working professionals and entrepreneurs. It aims to highlight the needs of Indians who are professionally employed while also serving to connect ...
.
* Network Relocation Effort, Native Village of Newtok.
Honors:
* California Fee-to-Trust Consortium, Elk Valley Rancheria.
* CTUIR Public Transit, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
* Joint Tribal-State Jurisdiction,
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, also known as the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or the Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Ojibwe: ''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag Ojibweg'') is an Ojibwe band located in Minnesota and one of six making up the ...
.
* Oneida Advocacy Through Investment Holdings, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.
* Project Pueblo: Economic Development Revitalization Project,
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (also Tigua Pueblo) is a Puebloan Native American tribal entity in the Ysleta section of El Paso, Texas. Its members are Southern Tiwa people who had been displaced from Spanish New Mexico from 1680 to 1681 during the Pueblo ...
.
—2014 Honorees—
High Honors:
* Potawatomi Leadership Program, Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
* Owe’neh Bupingeh Rehabilitation Project,
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
Ohkay Owingeh ( Tewa: Ohkwee Ówîngeh ), known by its Spanish name as San Juan de los Caballeros from 1589 to 2005, is a pueblo and census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Ohkay Owingeh is also a federally recognized tribe ...
.
* Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Child Welfare Program, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.
* Honors: Lummi Nation Wetland and Habitat Mitigation Bank,
Lummi Nation
The Lummi ( ; Lummi: ''Xwlemi'' ; also known as Lhaq'temish (), or ''People of the Sea''), governed by the Lummi Nation, are a Native American tribe of the Coast Salish ethnolinguistic group. They are based in the coastal area of the Pacific No ...
.
* Scott County Association for Leadership and Efficiency (SCALE), Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
* Swinomish Climate Change Initiative,
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
—2015 Honorees—
* Academic Readiness Effort, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
* Ho-Chunk Village, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
* Kenai CASA and Kenaitze
Tribal Court
Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States.
Originally, the U.S. federal government recognized American Indian tri ...
, Kenaitze Indian Tribe.
* Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries Department, Nez Perce Tribe.
* Ohero:kon “Under the Husk” Rites of Passage, Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
* School-Based Health Centers, Fort Peck Assiniboine, and Sioux Tribes.
—2016 Honorees—
* Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
* Calricaraq: Indigenous Yup’ik Wellbeing Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Tribal Communities.
* Čáw Pawá Láakni – They have Not Forgotten Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
* Chickasaw Nation Sick Child Care Program Chickasaw Nation.
* Native American Drug & Gang Initiative Task Force Intertribal Nations of Wisconsin.
* Project Tiwahu – Redefining Tigua Citizenship Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
—2021 Honorees—
* Agua Caliente People Curriculum, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
* Cherokee Nation ONE FIRE, Cherokee Nation
* Energy Lifeline Sector Resilience: Low-carbon Microgrids, Blue Lake Rancheria
* Pe’ Sla,
Great Sioux Nation
The Great Sioux Nation is the traditional political structure of the Sioux in North America. The peoples who speak the Sioux language are considered to be members of the Oceti Sakowin (''Očhéthi Šakówiŋ'', pronounced ) or Seven Council Fire ...
* Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Lab,
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is the federally recognized tribal government for more than 4,000 federally recognized Native people, mostly Alaska Natives from Southeast Alaska, living in or near Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska
Alaska ( ; ...
* Swinomish Tax Authority, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Other best practice awards programs
Honoring Nations is also a member of a worldwide family of "governmental best practices" programs in Brazil, Chile, China, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), Mexico, the Philippines, Peru, South Africa, and the United States.
References
External links
Official Harvard Project WebsiteNative Nations Institute WebsiteHUNAP WebsiteYes Magazine ArticlePublic News Service: Northwest Tribes Honored for Good Government/
Harvard Kennedy School
1987 establishments in Massachusetts
Native American topics