Buffalo Inc.
Subtitle: American Indians and economic development
By: Sebastian Felix Braun.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780806139043
Subjects: Pte Hca Ka, Inc. -- Management; Cheyenne Indians -- Economic conditions; Bison farming -- South Dakota -- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation -- Management; Consumer cooperatives -- South Dakota -- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation -- Management; South Dakota -- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation -- Economic conditions; Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Description: "Some American Indian tribes on the Great Plains have turned to bison ranching in recent years as a culturally and ecologically sustainable economic development program. This book focuses on one enterprise on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation to determine whether such projects have fulfilled expectations and how they fit with traditional and contemporary Lakota values." "Sebastian Felix Braun examines the creation of Pte Hca Ka, Inc., and its evolving management styles over fifteen years. Based on on-site fieldwork and using anthropological, economic, and ecological approaches, Braun explores the relations between people and bison, ecology and economy, and traditional and contemporary cultural values. A compelling picture of cultural change results."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cheyenne River; title: The reservation; title: The idea of buffalo cooperatives; title: Bison management; title: Pte Hca Ka, Inc.; title: Reservation identities; title: Pte Hca Ka, Inc. : expansion; title: Honors and visions; title: Buffalo ranching; title: Pte Hca Ka, Inc. : reorganization; title: Culture and sustainable development; title: Culture, ecology, and economics; title: Sovereignty, land, and development on Cheyenne River; title: Making sense.