Bridging Cultures: Waséyabek and The Harvard Kennedy School Featuring Eric Henson and Justin Lowe

Eric Henson, Citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard University, Director of the Ittapila Program for Nation Building and Outreach, and a long-time research fellow and affiliate with the Harvard Project joins the Tribal Economic Development podcast alongside Justin Lowe, Native Hawaiian, Captain and Strategist for the U.S. Army, and recent graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School. Collectively, the group discusses the ongoing collaboration between Waséyabek and Harvard that recently resulted in the generation of “Bridging Cultures,” a guide for non-Tribal businesses seeking to establish partnerships with Tribal businesses outside of the gaming space. The guide, which was created as part of Henson’s “Nation Building II: Native Americans in the Twenty-First Century” course, covers corporate governance, cultures and values, and Tribal sovereignty and law, and can be leveraged to established fruitful relationships between non-Tribal businesses and Tribal enterprises.

The views expressed in this podcast are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army, Department of War, or the U.S. Government.

Waséyabek is a 100% Tribally-owned holding company that manages the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi’s non-gaming economic development activities. Follow us on:

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Intro and outro music by Woodland Stream:
Owyn Zapata, Co-Lead Singer
Chinodin Atkinson, Singer
Nolan Austin, Singer
Mon-eé Zapata, Back-Up Singer
O’Felia Zapata, Back-Up Singer
Onyleen Zapata, Back-Up Singer

Tribal Economic Development, a Waséyabek podcast, is recorded and produced at River City Studios in Grand Rapids, Michigan.