Reservation "Capitalism": Economic Development in Indian Country (Native America: Yesterday and Today)
• Provides a unique historical examination of American Indian economic activities and private property rights• Explains how American Indian communities and governments lost the vast majority of their lands and wealth, resulting in the poverty stricken conditions that most of Indian country experiences today• Surveys the modern-day economic activities of tribal governments and Indian reservations, including gambling• Examines strategies and principles that can help reservation communities develop beneficial and sustainable economies to preserve tribal life and cultures"This excellent scholarly volume includes enlightening history as well as analyses of present realities and the future of American Indian communities and economies. . . . This is a valuable volume for Native American studies collections and for those interested in the economic opportunities of today's Indian tribes, including business, government, and tribal leaders. Summing Up: Highly recommended."-Choice"While Miller's fluid style makes his book accessible to the casual reader, the level of research and its extensive endnotes make this book a viable choice as the primary text for a course on tribal economic development. Although not a legal text, Miller provides an excellent synopsis of the legal history and background necessary to understand the impediments to tribal economic development."-Great Plains Review"His book is scholarly yet practical, and above all timely. It is a must-read for employees of tribal economic development departmental persons wanting more information on establishing business in tribal communities, students at tribal colleges, and those in any American Indian course that incorporates an entrepreneurial perspective."-Wicazo Sa Review