Harald Prins |
A native from The Netherlands, Dr. Harald E.L. Prins is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (emeritus) who taught at universities in the U.S. and Europe. He conducted research in numerous countries in northwest Europe, the Middle East, South and North America, but especially in the Wabanaki homeland. He served as Principal Investigator for the National Park Service, guest curator at the Abbe Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, and served as expert witness in the U.S. Senate, as well as U.S. and Canadian federal courts. Committed to human rights and public anthropology, he has applied his scholarly research in support of Indigenous nations retrieving cultural traditions and seeking restoration or recognition of their ancestral and treaty rights. Prins is a multiple award-winning author of books, documentary films, and numerous articles and chapters in about ten languages.
