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Joseph P. Kalt: Sovereignty: Your Best Tool for Development

Joseph P. Kalt: Sovereignty: Your Best Tool for Development
Joseph P. Kalt: Sovereignty: Your Best Tool for Development
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development Co-Director Joseph Kalt share some innovative ways that Native nations have exercised their sovereignty in order to foster sustainable economic and community development.
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Jason Goodstriker: Addressing Tough Governance Issues

Jason Goodstriker: Addressing Tough Governance Issues
Jason Goodstriker: Addressing Tough Governance Issues
Former Blood Tribe Councilor Jason Goodstriker discusses how his nation went to great lengths to instill financial transparency and accountability to its governance system.
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Anthony Pico: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office

Anthony Pico: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office
Anthony Pico: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Chairman Anthony Pico reflects on his experiences as leader of his nation, and stresses the importance of Native nations strengthening their systems of governance in order to protect and strengthen their cultures and ways of life.
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Sophie Pierre: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office

Sophie Pierre: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office
Sophie Pierre: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office
Former Ktunaxa Nation Chief Sophie Pierre discusses the Ktunaxa Nation's nation-building struggle, and offers her thoughts on what sustainable leadership is and what it requires of leaders.
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Theresa M. Pouley, Sheila Morago, and Jill Peters: Some Tools to Govern Effectively (Q&A)

Theresa M. Pouley, Sheila Morago, and Jill Peters: Some Tools to Govern Effectively (Q&A)
Sheila Morago, Jill Peters, and Theresa M. Pouley: Some Tools to Govern Effectively (Q&A)
Sheila Morago, Jill Peters, and Theresa M. Pouley field questions from the audience concerning lobbying, the importance of public education about tribal sovereignty and development, and how the Tulalip Tribal Court deals with fetal alcohol syndrome and its effects.
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Patricia Ninham-Hoeft, Anthony Pico and Sophie Pierre: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office (Q&A)

Patricia Ninham-Hoeft, Anthony Pico and Sophie Pierre: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office (Q&A)
Patricia Ninham-Hoeft, Anthony Pico and Sophie Pierre: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office (Q&A)
Patricia Ninham-Hoeft, Sophie Pierre, and Anthony Pico address questions about how to create and maintain a foundation for effective, sustainable leadership within Native nations.
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Peterson Zah and Manley A. Begay, Jr.: Strategic Thinking and Planning: The Navajo Nation Permanent Trust Fund (Q&A)

Peterson Zah and Manley A. Begay, Jr.: Strategic Thinking and Planning: The Navajo Nation Permanent Trust Fund (Q&A)
Peterson Zah and Manley A. Begay, Jr.: Strategic Thinking and Planning: Navajo Nation Permanent Trust Fund (Q&A)
Manley Begay and Peterson Zah field questions from the audience concerning the Navajo Nation Permanent Trust Fund and how they and others worked to mobilize and sustain the citizen support necessary to keep the fund intact and allow it to grow.
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Priscilla Iba: Osage Government Reform

Priscilla Iba: Osage Government Reform
Priscilla Iba: Osage Government Reform
Osage Government Reform Commission Member Priscilla Iba discusses the historical factors that prompted the Osage Nation to create an entirely new constitution and governance system, and how the Nation went to great lengths to cultivate the participation and ownership of Osage citizens in the reform...
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Jaime Pinkham: How Do You Hit the Ground Running?: Handling the Load and Forging Ahead

Jaime Pinkham: How Do You Hit the Ground Running?: Handling the Load and Forging Ahead
Jaime Pinkham: How Do You Hit the Ground Running?: Strategies for Handling the Load and Forging Ahead
Former Nez Perce Tribal Treasurer Jaime Pinkham speaks about his experience as a leader of his nation and what it takes to "hit the ground running" when one assumes a leadership role.
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James R. Gray: Government Reform: Mobilizing Citizen Participation

James R. Gray: Government Reform: Mobilizing Citizen Participation
James R. Gray: Government Reform: Mobilizing Citizen Participation
Former Osage Nation Principal Chief Jim Gray explains the significant citizen-engagement hurdle the Osage Nation had to overcome in creating a new constitution and governance system, and how its ability to cultivate citizen participation and ownership in the development of Osage's new government...
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