Planning the American Indian reservation : from theory to empowerment

Zaferatos, Nicholas C. (Nicholas Christos) (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780815633938
ISBN: 0815633939
ISBN: 9780815653189
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-328) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction and overview: the work of tribal planning -- Part I. The setting for Native American reservation planning -- An overview of Federal Indian policy and the evolution of the tribal political community -- The context of tribal sovereignty -- The tribal cultural community -- Part II. Theories and models empowering tribal planning -- The tribal political economy and its underdevelopment -- Identifying oppositional forces in tribal planning -- Part III. The dimensions of tribal planning -- An adaptive and contingent model of tribal planning -- Part Iv. Case studies in mediating tribal planning relationships -- Mediating tribal-state conflicts: experiences from Washington State -- Regional pluralism: the Skagit Valley experience -- Appropriate technologies and the Native American smokehouse -- Environmental justice on the Swinomish Indian Reservation -- Conclusion.