Introduction / Miriam Jorgensen -- Private sector economic development in Indian Country / Robert J. Miller -- Opportunities to diversify : reservation workplaces and job numbers compared to nearby county areas / Randall Akee, Elton Mykerezi and Richard M. Todd -- The challenges of American...

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...

American Indian communities are the poorest in the United States. They suffer from poverty, unemployment, and inadequate housing rates not seen elsewhere in the U.S. Yet any discussion of economic development in Indian Country is always conditioned and constrained by concerns about possible...