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Today, we\u2019re answering the question: How can Indigenous governments exercise their sovereignty for better outcomes across the board?","landing_page_image":11306,"featured_image":11306,"media_credit":"Jimmy Emerson via Flickr (Creative Commons) ","helper_page_feature":{"text":"","link":""},"related_programs":[49],"feed_section_title":"The Latest News, Research, and Resources"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Research from the <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousgov.hks.harvard.edu\/\">Project on Indigenous Governance and Development<\/a> shows that when Native nations exercise their sovereignty it leads to better outcomes across the board \u2014from education to natural resource management. Yet, the path to sovereignty and self-governance isn\u2019t always straightforward.\r\n\r\nOur work aims to arm Indigenous people themselves with the tools to build thriving self-governments and strengthen their economic, social, and cultural fabrics. From events to research, we encourage you to explore the below to learn more about how we\u2019re fostering Indigenous governance and nation-building."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_team_callout","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_team_callout":{"title":"Meet the Experts","manually_curate":true,"person":[18479,10110,10108,10167],"program":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indigenous Governance &#8211; Ash Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our work aims to arm Indigenous people themselves with the tools to build thriving self-governments and strengthen their economic, social, and cultural fabrics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ash.harvard.edu\/issues\/indigenous-governance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indigenous Governance &#8211; 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