Planning the American Indian reservation : from theory to empowerment / Nicholas Christos Zaferatos ; foreword by Brian Cladoosby.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zaferatos, Nicholas C. (Nicholas Christos)
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Indigenous reservations > United States.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations > 1934-
Indigenous peoples of North America > Politics and government.
Tribal government > United States.
Physical Description:xxiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.