Honoring Nations

American Indian Tribes in the United States of America: Honoring Nations Program

Website: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/hn_main.htm

Established in 1998, Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations (Honoring Nations) seeks to identify, celebrate, and share outstanding examples of tribal governance.  By shining a bright light on success, Honoring Nations is contributing to the expanding professionalism of Native nation builders and allowing Native leaders and decision makers to learn from their peers. The founding principle is the idea that Native nations benefit from having greater access to innovative ideas and effective governing approaches. Honorees demonstrate commitment to fortifying sovereignty, cultural identity, and good governance. They also serve as models of inspiration, innovation, and pragmatism, eliminating the need for many other growing communities to “reinvent the wheel.”

Honoring Nations is administered by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and is a proud member of a worldwide family of "governmental best practices" programs in Brazil, Chile, China, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), Mexico, the Philippines, Peru, South Africa, and the United States.

Director: Megan Minoka Hill
Honoring Nations Program
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

Phone: (617) 496-4229
Fax: (617) 496-3900
E-mail: megan_hill@harvard.edu

Megan Minoka Hill (Oneida Nation, Wisconsin) is the director of the Honoring Nations program at the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

Megan serves as the Secretary for the Board of Directors of the Rosa Minoka Hill Fund, which provides scholarship assistance to American Indian students and she recently served as the Treasurer on the Board of Native Americans in Philanthropy. Previously, she worked as the Director of Development at the University of New Mexico College of Arts and Sciences and Senior Program Officer at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Megan graduated from the University of Chicago with a Master of Arts Degree in the Social Sciences and received a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, with an emphasis on Latin America, and Economics from the University of Colorado- Boulder. She also earned an International Baccalaureate degree from the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West.