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 High Plains states and
Prairie Provinces to 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. CONTENTS
Foreword by Oren Lyons Editor's Introduction Part 1 Starting Points
1. Two Approaches to the Development of Native Nations: One Works,
the Other Doesn't Stephen Cornell and Joseph P. Kalt 2.
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. Kalt Part 2
Rebuilding the Foundations 3. Remaking the Tools of Governance:
Colonial Legacies, Indigenous Solutions Stephen Cornell 4. The Role
of Constitutions in Native Nation Building: Laying a Firm
Foundation Joseph P. Kalt 5 . Native Nation Courts: Key Players in
Nation Rebuilding Joseph Thomas Flies-Away, Carrie Garrow, and
Miriam Jorgensen 6. Getting Things Done for the Nation: The
Challenge of Tribal Administration Stephen Cornell and Miriam
Jorgensen Part 3 Reconceiving Key Functions 7. Managing the
Boundary between Business and Politics: Strategies for Improving
the Chances for Success in Tribally Owned Enterprises Kenneth Grant
and Jonathan Taylor 8. Citizen Entrepreneurship: An Underutilized
Development Resource Stephen Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, Ian Wilson
Record, and Joan Timeche 9. Governmental Services and Programs:
Meeting Citizens' Needs Alyce S. Adams, Andrew J. Lee, and Michael
Lipsky 10. Intergovernmental Relationships: Expressions of Tribal
Sovereignty Sarah L. Hicks Part 4 Making It Happen 11. Rebuilding
Native Nations: What Do Leaders Do? Manley A. Begay, Jr., Stephen
Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, and Nathan Pryor 12. Seizing the Future:
Why Some Native Nations Do and Others Don't Stephen Cornell, Miriam
Jorgensen, Joseph P. Kalt, and Katherine Spilde Contreras Afterword
by Satsan (Herb George) References About the Contributors Index
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