RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Harvard Project research results and policy analysis are available in a variety of forms. The general categories are listed below, with links to papers and publications of each type. Papers and publications may also be searched via keyword or author by using the search function.

The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination (Formerly NANM)

The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination explores the political, economic, social, and cultural realities of contemporary Indian Country. This thematically organized examination of Native American life covers topics including tribal governance, natural resources, economic and social development, arts and culture, and urban populations. The work is a result of a collaboration through the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, a group of leading researchers, scholars, and practitioners who have undertaken the most comprehensive study of the contemporary conditions of Native Americans. Balancing real-world personal accounts and ethnographic findings with informed data and statistical analysis, this volume presents a multidisciplinary overview of the challenges confronting Indian nations.  To purchase this book from Oxford University Press: Customer Service: 1.800.451.7556  or www.oup.com/us/he (448 pages, $29.00, ISBN 9780195301267 , paper)

To hear Professor Kalt talk about SONN, please click here.

Joint Occasional Papers on Native Affairs (JOPNA)
Joint Occasional Papers on Native Affairs is a joint venture of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and its sister organization, the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona. The series grew from the desire to put the Harvard Project’s and Native Nations Institute’s premier academic research and policy reports together in one place.

Cabazon, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Socioeconomic Consequences of American Indian Governmental Gaming

Research reports arising out of the Harvard Project's examinations of the social and economic impacts of Indian governmental gaming.

Article and Chapter Reprints
Much of the Harvard Project’s work has been published in professional journals and books. Pre-print versions of all published Harvard Project research, with complete citations to the published works, are available at this site.

Other Papers and Reports
Harvard Project scholars have written many additional working papers and commissioned reports, on topics as wide-ranging as the impact of welfare reform on Indian Country, reservation policing, government accountability, and leadership training, among others.

Testimony and Speeches
Harvard Project personnel are frequently invited to present testimony to various governmental bodies in both the United States and Canada; selected testimonies are available here. Text versions of several speeches by Harvard Project personnel and by their invited guests at Harvard Project events – including Richard Real Bird, former Chairman of the Crow Tribe, and Oren Lyons, Member of the Onandaga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Haudenosaunee – are also downloadable.

Field Reports
Students in the Masters program in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government have provided pro bono consulting to dozens of tribes and Native organizations since the Harvard Project’s founding. At the tribes’ and sponsoring organizations’ discretion, selected reports, covering topics from constitutional reform to environmental management, have been made more broadly available.

Teaching Cases
The John F. Kennedy School of Government has been a pioneer in the development of teaching materials for public policy professionals. Following this lead, the Harvard Project has produced a number of case studies that invite participants to immerse themselves in a tribal policy or development conundrum and wrestle with practical decisionmaking. Some cases come with teaching guides.

Tools and Data
The Harvard Project and Native Nations Institute have developed several tools for policy decisionmakers, downloadable here. Datasets relevant to Harvard Project research will periodically be made available as well.