Abstract
This study uses 1990 data from seventy-three American Indian tribes to explore factors associated with the adoption of indi genous economic development plans on American Indian reservations. The analyses employing ordinary least squares analytical models posit that the existence of tribally owned and controlled businesses on or near the reservations and the presence of tribally owned farm and ranch operations are most critical in explaining the existence of such plans. A closer scrutiny of this result further suggests that the effect of tribal ownership and control of businesses is more pronounced than that of the existence of a tribally owned farm and ranch operation. The wider implications for comprehensive Indian policy are noted.
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Jerry D. Stubben is assistant professor in Political Science and Extension at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and is currently serving as Chair of the American Indian Studies Program at I.S.U. Research interests include Native American political theory and tribal government, state and local government, and the development of multicultural studies of public policy. Presentations and publications includePolitics in Iowa — “The Iowa Constitution” (1990), “Title VII, The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Indian Preference,” presented at the American Society of Public Administration (1991), plus regional and national meetings in Political Science. He is a member of the American Society of Public Administration and the America Political Science Association. He is also an enrolled member of the Northern Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
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Stubben, J.D. American Indian values and their impact on tribal economic development. Agric Hum Values 8, 53–62 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591843
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