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Scott says that American Indians tend to have “different value systems” than most Harvard students. Many Indian students, she says, have a hard time reconciling their community-focused outlook with mainstream Harvard culture...
...American Indian students at Harvard are a diverse group. And among the University’s minority groups, they are also the least visible, the smallest and—according to NAHC—the least recognized on campus...
...could probably count the number of [American] Indian professors [at Harvard] on one hand,” says Visiting Professor C. Matthew Snipp, a Native professor visiting from Stanford University. While other minority populations grow, the College’s American Indian population continues to hover at under one percent. Harvard offers only two courses in American Indian studies exclusively for undergraduates, and one—Sociology 178: American Indians in Contemporary Society—is taught by Snipp, who will leave at the end of the year...
...University’s American Indian community argues that Harvard has a unique obligation...
...greater project. In February, University President Lawrence H. Summers vouched to “send the strongest possible message that Harvard is open to talented students from all economic backgrounds.” But Harvard has hardly ever followed through with its motions of support to the American Indian community...