Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development

ISBN: 0816524238

Author: Jorgensen, Miriam

Condition: Used

A revolution is underway among the Indigenous nations of North America. It is a quiet revolution, largely unnoticed in society at large. But it is profoundly important. From the High Plains states and Prairie Provinces to the southwestern deserts, from Mississippi and Oklahoma to the northwest coast of the continent, Native peoples are reclaiming their right to govern themselves and to shape their future in their own ways. Challenging more than a century of colonial controls, they are addressing severe social problems, building sustainable economies, and reinvigorating Indigenous cultures. In effect, they are rebuilding their nations according to their own diverse and often innovative designs.Produced by the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the University of Arizona and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, this book traces the contours of that revolution as Native nations turn the dream of self-determination into a practical reality. Part report, part analysis, part how-to manual for Native leaders, it discusses strategies for governance and community and economic development being employed by American Indian nations and First Nations in Canada as they move to assert greater control over their own affairs.Rebuilding Native Nations provides guidelines for creating new governance structures, rewriting constitutions, building justice systems, launching nation-owned enterprises, encouraging citizen entrepreneurs, developing new relationships with non-Native governments, and confronting the crippling legacies of colonialism. For nations that wish to join that revolution or for those who simply want to understand the transformation now underway across Indigenous North America, this book is a critical resource.CONTENTSForeword by Oren LyonsEditor's IntroductionPart 1Starting Points1. Two Approaches to the Development of Native Nations: One Works, the Other Doesn'tStephen Cornell and Joseph P. Kalt2. Development, Governance, Culture: What Are They and What Do They Have to Do with Rebuilding Native Nations?Manley A. Begay, Jr., Stephen Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, and Joseph P. KaltPart 2Rebuilding the Foundations3. Remaking the Tools of Governance: Colonial Legacies, Indigenous SolutionsStephen Cornell4. The Role of Constitutions in Native Nation Building: Laying a Firm FoundationJoseph P. Kalt5 . Native Nation Courts: Key Players in Nation RebuildingJoseph Thomas Flies-Away, Carrie Garrow, and Miriam Jorgensen6. Getting Things Done for the Nation: The Challenge of Tribal AdministrationStephen Cornell and Miriam JorgensenPart 3Reconceiving Key Functions7. Managing the Boundary between Business and Politics: Strategies for Improving the Chances for Success in Tribally Owned EnterprisesKenneth Grant and Jonathan Taylor8. Citizen Entrepreneurship: An Underutilized Development ResourceStephen Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, Ian Wilson Record, and Joan Timeche9. Governmental Services and Programs: Meeting Citizens' NeedsAlyce S. Adams, Andrew J. Lee, and Michael Lipsky10. Intergovernmental Relationships: Expressions of Tribal SovereigntySarah L. HicksPart 4Making It Happen11. Rebuilding Native Nations: What Do Leaders Do?Manley A. Begay, Jr., Stephen Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, and Nathan Pryor12. Seizing the Future: Why Some Native Nations Do and Others Don'tStephen Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, Joseph P. Kalt, and Katherine Spilde ContrerasAfterword by Satsan (Herb George)ReferencesAbout the ContributorsIndex