American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - (Page 12) T R I BA l G OV E R N M EN T Honoring Nations 10 Tribal Programs Get Kudos for Their Achievements By Michelle Tirado So many applied, but only a few made the cut. We are talking about Harvard’s Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations (Honoring Nations) awards, which were given out this fall. Ten programs received awards for their achievements on Oct. 21 at the 65th Annual Session of the National Congress of American Indians in Phoenix. Five received the “High Honors” award, which comes with a $20,000 prize, and five were awarded “Honors,” receiving a $10,000 prize. Since the Harvard Project created the program in 1998, more than one-quarter of the 550plus tribes in the United States have applied for an award and 102 initiatives have been honored. This year’s awardees were selected from a pool of 110 applications representing more than 60 tribes. Applications were judged on effectiveness, significance to sovereignty, cultural relevance and sustainability. Transferability is also one of the criteria. So, while only 10 got kudos, all tribes came away from these awards a winner, as they just received 10 new projects that they may want to borrow from. “We have seen a lot of modeling of the past honorees, both domestically and internationally,” said Megan Minoka Hill, associate director of Honoring Nations. Read on to see what programs were honored this year. 12 November/December 2008 American Indian Report http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/hn_main.htm http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/hn_main.htm http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/hn_main.htm http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of American Indian Report - November/December 2008 American Indian Report - November/December 2008 Contents Notes from Indian Country Elders Conference Offers Balancing Lessons Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture Congress: Activity on the Hill Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College Honoring Nations Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water Blogroll American Indian Report - November/December 2008 American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page Cover1) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page Cover2) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page 3) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 4) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 5) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture (Page 6) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture (Page 7) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Congress: Activity on the Hill (Page 8) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Congress: Activity on the Hill (Page 9) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College (Page 10) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College (Page 11) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 12) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 13) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 14) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 15) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 16) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 17) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World (Page 18) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World (Page 19) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop (Page 20) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop (Page 21) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System (Page 22) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System (Page 23) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 24) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 25) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 26) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Blogroll (Page 27) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Blogroll (Page Cover4)
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