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Honoring Nations Tribal Governance Symposium
"Learning from Each Other: Improving Tribal Government Performance"
September 27-28, 2008, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
By shining a bright light on successes in tribal governance, Honoring Nations contributes to the expanding professionalism of Native nation builders and allows Native leaders and decision makers to learn from their peers. Honorees demonstrate commitment to fortifying sovereignty, cultural identity, and good governance. They also serve as models of inspiration, innovation, and practicality, eliminating the need to "re-invent the wheel" for many other growing communities. These best practices and innovations form the raw material from which the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development fashions usable tools for nation building. The learnings from Honoring Nations infuse all of the Harvard Project and Native Nations Institute's teaching, research, advising, and policy analysis.
The Honoring Nations Tribal Governance Symposium presented a unique opportunity for tribal leaders, program managers, public servants and others to come together to learn from examples of successes from Indian Country. The Symposium had three principle aims: (1) to highlight the critical role that tribal governance plays in the pursuit of building strong, healthy Indian nations; (2) to provide symposium participants with ideas, approaches, and techniques for improving tribal government performance through a series of presentations and interactive roundtable sessions; and (3) to build a network of leaders and decision-makers interested in promoting and fostering excellence in the governance of American Indian nations.
Honoring Nations: Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations
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Symposium Sessions
 Encouraging Civic Engagement
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 Luncheon - The CIRI Foundation
The CIRI Foundation has supported the Ya Ne Dah Ah School (Chickaloon Village, Alaska) (2002 Honoring Nations Award) for … |
 Sovereignty Today
Looking across Indian Country as a whole, federal policies of self-determination and self-governance are paying off in … |
 The Importance of Leadership
Nation building requires leaders who introduce new knowledge and experiences, challenge assumptions, and propose change. … |
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