num_pages: 66
description: In this E-short edition from New Mexico 2050, Veronica E. Tiller—a Jicarilla Apache who is the editor and publisher of the renowned reference guide Tiller’s Guide to Indian Country—surveys the history and present-day roles of Indian tribes in New Mexico. Considering the key issues impacting Native Americans—including climate change, water resources, energy development, education, and health—Tiller reveals what New Mexicans can do to ensure a more satisfying and rewarding future for all.  ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS Veronica E. Tiller, PhD, Jicarilla Apache, is a noted authority on American Indians and the author of important books, including Culture and Customs of Apache Indians and American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas, and is the editor and publisher of an award-winning reference guide to 362 modern Indian tribes, Tiller’s Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations.  Fred Harris, JD with distinction, is a twice-elected former U.S. senator from Oklahoma and a longtime professor—now professor emeritus—of political science at the University of New Mexico, where he is still director of the UNM Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program. An award-winning author of three novels, he has also produced nineteen nonfiction books on public policy, politics, and government, including, as coeditor, Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States, and, as coauthor, a recent e-book, These People Want to Work: Immigration Reform.
language: English
title: New Mexico Indian Tribes and Communities in 2050
publisher: University of New Mexico Press