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After almost 270 years of neglect, Harvard students and faculty members in the Graduate School of Education moved in 1970 to resuscitate the centuries-old commitment. Together they formed what later became the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), today an Interfaculty Initiative under the auspices of the Provost’s Office. HUNAP is based at the Kennedy School of Government, but it aims to serve the entire University...
...program has had an unstable past since its founding as a part of the Graduate School of Education (GSE). A financial crisis in 1995 nearly forced HUNAP to shut down. The bulk of the program’s federal funding had dried up, and although the University applauded HUNAP’s mission, and even offered it partial emergency funds, it did not make the program part of its permanent budget...
...Scherer isn’t dissatisfied. A frequent enrollee in graduate courses in Native studies, including Professor Kalt’s cross-faculty course Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I & II, fall and spring courses partially funded by HUNAP, Scherer says he has found “fantastic” support from faculty...
Scott is more skeptical. She believes that while there is particular support from HUNAP and its affiliated faculty, Native issues are “grossly underrepresented” in history and social science courses...
...HUNAP, with its limited resources, has initiated a campaign to distribute information on American Indian recruitment to all of the University’s admissions offices. Part of its mission is to “recruit, retain and graduate” Indian students, says Lopez. But the program’s influence on the University’s admissions offices is limited...