Publications

A powerful model of healing and resilience, Sche’lang’en Village is a sober Salish housing community that reunites families and provides comprehensive wrap-around services, including mental health and chemical dependency treatment, family counseling...

In a historic partnership, the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the state of New Mexico developed a first-of-its-kind arm's length agreement for leasing water. This effort was supported by The Nature Conservancy and other local and federal stakeholders and...

Expanding its capacity for economic development and sustainable resource management, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation established the Iron Horse Industrial Park, a 700-acre eco-industrial park on trust land in Oklahoma. As one of the first Foreign-Trade...

Simultaneously improving access to medical care for its citizens and building a pipeline of doctors, Cherokee Nation partnered with Oklahoma State University to open the first tribally affiliated medical school in the US. The school champions culturally...

Through community-led participatory workshops with citizens and government officials, the Taos Pueblo Priority Process defines and implements tribal priorities in policies and programs. It has led to new laws, economic development projects, and civic...

In a powerful assertion of sovereignty, leaders from the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray founded the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition. Rooted in Indigenous conservation and...

The national awards program Honoring Nations, flagship program of the Harvard Project, announces the recipients of the 2025 Honoring Nations Awards, recognizing 6 governmental initiatives for outstanding excellence in tribal self-governance.

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The critical role of Indigenous Peoples in the world’s responses to the climate crisis is highlighted by their guardianship of over 80% of the world’s biological diversity and their rich climate and nature knowledge. Still, we find a striking disparity in...

Under federal policies of self-determination through self-government, the 574 federally recognized American Indian nations in the United States are now expected to perform essentially all of the functions performed by state and local governments...

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When the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state and local governments could not collect taxes on non-Indian homes and businesses built on trust lands, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community moved quickly to establish its own tax...

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The Blue Lake Rancheria, located in a geographically isolated region of northwest California, has historically been affected by frequent power outages that have only increased in regularity because of climate change. Recognizing that...