This paper explores some long-standing questions of the legacy of American Indian boarding schools by comparing contemporary Indian reservations that experienced differing impacts in the past from boarding schools. Combining recent reservation-level census data and school enrollment data from...

This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....

There are roughly 1.5 million American Indians in the United States. Approximately half reside on or near publicly owned reservations. The reservations are held in trust by the Federal government and are managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

With the unacceptably high level of unemployment, poverty, and related social ills within native communities, discussions of tribal economic development strategies must be accompanied by practical methods that tribal governments and businesses can immediately put into practice. This book is...

This paper explores how culture affects economic development on Native American reservations by examining how culture directs the attention of entrepreneurs and interacts with formal governance institutions. This paper combines theoretical insights from economic sociology, market process...

American Indians are the poorest group of people in the United States. The 300 Indian reservations located in the lower 48 states suffer from very high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substandard housing. This Article examines why this is so. The economic history of American Indians...

In the first part of this paper, the economic development objectives, strategies, and structures adopted by First Nations of Canada are examined, and seven significant characteristics are identified. In the second, current theories on economic development are considered, and a contingency...

Native Americans in general experience substantially diminished economic, public health, and social justice indicators compared to the United States as a whole. This research paper demonstrates that enhanced Tribal government sovereignty is a necessary condition for economic development and...