Native Resources at Harvard University
As part of the larger Harvard community, HLS NALSA has access to a wealth of resources from the various university schools and organizations. These resources include the Harvard University Native American Program and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
The Harvard University Native American Program
HUNAP facilitates the cross-pollenization of ideas across the different schools and fosters relationships between students, faculty, and community members with Native heritage or an interest in Native issues. Participation with HUNAP broadens the scope of HLS students’ exposure to Native American social, cultural, and academic pursuits while at Harvard. Each week, HUNAP hosts brownbag luncheons that highlight the scholarship that students and professors are producing on issues relevant to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and First Nations. Each month, HUNAP hosts a University-wide potluck for Native students. HUNAP also co-sponsors the Harvard Powwow in the spring. The HUNAP community provides an important network because many of its members become leading scholars and practitioners who make significant contributions to Indian Country. For additional information on HUNAP, visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/.The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
HLS NALSA also has close access to the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development housed in the Kennedy School of Government. The Harvard Project produces scholarship pertinent to infrastructure-building in Indian Country. It is looked to by the United States Congress, the National Congress of American Indians, and tribal leaders as a source of expert advice on Indian policy. The Harvard Project’s Nationbuilding I and Nationbuilding II courses allow students the opportunity to produce scholarship for and hands-on assistance to tribes (some students have drafted tribal codes and constitutions that have been used to fulfill their third-year paper requirements at the Law School). The Honoring Nations program’s biannual conference allows students to gain insight to the innovative methods tribes and tribal NGOs are employing to address the pressing social needs in Indian Country. For more information on the Harvard Project, visit their website at http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hpaied/.