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...powwow is a celebration of native songs and dance,” says Steven H. Abbott, Associate Director for Recruitment and Student Affairs at the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP). “It’s really about celebrating the community that’s here at Harvard, as well as the larger community here in the Boston and New England area...
...event organizer who is affiliated with the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes, says that one of the Powwow’s key goals is to show the importance of native culture to Harvard. Since this year marks the 15th anniversary of the Powwow, the 40th anniversary of HUNAP, and the 360th anniversary of the signing of the Harvard Charter—which stated the young university’s commitment to educate American Indians as well as Europeans—this year’s iteration offers a special chance to commemorate the importance of Native Americans to Harvard?...
Fitzsimmons attributed the surge in Native American acceptances to two new efforts of the Harvard University Native American Program—a recruiting tour aimed at Native American students organized in conjunction with several other universities, and phone calls made by HUNAP to promising Native American high school students...
...Lowe as its new executive director, effective beginning in July. Lowe is a member of the Navajo Nation and is currently an assistant dean at Yale College and the director of the Native American Cultural Center at Yale University. Carmen Lopez, also of the Navajo Nation, was the last HUNAP executive director, and her departure last year prompted a national search for her replacement. Associate Director for Recruitment and Student Affairs Steven Abbott has assumed the duties of the HUNAP Executive Director for the past year, according to Bryant Bonner ’09, president of Native Americans at Harvard...
...event was co-sponsored by NAHC, HUNAP, and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations...