As the Harvard University Native American Program celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, program affiliates said they aim to continue and build upon its mission to support Indigenous students on campus in the years to come.
HUNAP â originally called the American Indian Program â was established in 1970 as an interfaculty initiative housed in the Graduate School of Education, set on promoting the educational mission, scholarship, and inclusion of Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students and allies on campus.
Fifty years later, the program boasts over a thousand alumni and continues to advance teaching and research initiatives for Native students and faculty across the University. Though the program turned 50 in 2020, HUNAP marked the occasion with a panel featuring several of its original participants on March 5, 2021.