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...unemployment and gang violence among this country’s 2.5 million Native Americans continue to challenge policymakers in Washington. For their part, Native Americans have recognized that the only available remedy is the continued development of well-educated civil and tribal leaders. The Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), which was started in 1970, has focused on this objective as a large part of its development and research goals. However, the University’s commitment to this worthy program is now faltering...
This summer, University Provost Steven E. Hyman decided to move HUNAP from its home of 30 years in Read House at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) to the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) without consulting HUNAP’s administrators or the students, according to HUNAP Executive Director Kenneth Pepion. Now falling under the auspices of KSG, the program has to cope with the disorientation and confusion of an unwanted move and a possible shift in its mission...
...cost of the new location will effectively decrease the program’s budget by over 14 percent. Now, according to Pepion, the provost’s office has pressured HUNAP to cease its continuing efforts at outreach to tribal communities and recruitment for Harvard’s various schools. While many would suggest that the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program could fill the void, that program affects only the College and does not have the contacts and years of experience that HUNAP has with Native American communities. In addition, the admissions offices of the various schools currently lack the personnel...
...move was unexpected because of the program’s long history on campus. Despite having to depend on federal grants for survival, HUNAP expanded beyond its beginnings at the GSE to develop programming for student recruitment and retention for all the University’s schools. Through cultural events, leadership forums and community outreach, the program has enriched the Harvard experience for Native American students. It has sponsored and supported research in the fields of government, economic development, primary and secondary education and health in Native American communities for decades. Four years ago, in recognition of these contributions, Harvard...
This Columbus Day, Native Americans are reminded once again of the battles that still need to be fought to bring attention to pressing issues in their communities. Perhaps when HUNAP is provided with genuine support and strong financial commitment that it needs to really become “the world’s premier academic center for Native America,” that struggle will become significantly easier...