The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University honored ten Indian Nations Tuesday night at the National Congress of American Indians Conference in Phoenix. Since the Honoring Nations program began in 1998, more than one-third of the more than 560 tribes in the United States have applied for the award, which recognizes tribal programs that demonstrate the tenants of good governance. The program has recognized 102 tribally operated programs.
Five High Honors and five Honor recipients were selected from a pool of 110 applications from more than 60 tribes. Programs are judged on their significance to sovereignty, their cultural relevance, their transferability and their sustainability. In addition to the awards -- $20,000 for High Honors and $10,000 for Honors – the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development prepares reports, case studies and instructional materials based on the winning programs. Honoring Nations is funded by the Ford Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation and private donors.
This year’s honorees are:
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
Pine Hill Health Center
Navajo Nation, Ramah Chapter
Project Falvmmichi
Choctaw Nation
Osage Nation Governmental Reform Initiative
Osage 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
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