Native American Issues: A Reference HandbookThe first settlers of the North American continent formed a multitude of societies and enjoyed exclusive occupation of over seven million square miles of land. Today their descendants are relegated to lands totaling less than 50,000 square miles. Native American Issues focuses on the contemporary political issues surrounding the confinement of native peoples to limited lands in the United States and Canada. |
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... Economic Development and Gambling Enterprise Opportunities for economic development on Native American reservations have not been plentiful . Although some tribes have minerals , timber , fertile soils , and other natural resources that ...
... economic basis for the future . The late Arnold Sowmick , then chief of the 900 - member Saginaw Chippewa Tribe in Mount Pleasant , Michigan , indicated that with gaming his nation was " branching into manufacturing " and other ventures ...
... economic opportunities . Additionally , where past choices forced by economic necessity led nations to accept business ven- tures that disturbed their lands , gaming revenue can be used to clean up past degradation of the lands ...
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Native America Today: A Guide to Community Politics and Culture Barry Pritzker No preview available - 1999 |