From Library Journal
The advent of on-reservation gambling has drawn the public's attention to the potential for economic development on American Indian land. As demonstrated in this well-organized guide by Tiller, an Apache scholar and author of Discover Indian Reservations USA (Council Pubns., 1992), these economies are developing in a number of different arenas. Arranged alphabetically by state, entries for each reservation provide basic statistical information, including land area, labor force, educational levels, unemployment rate, and population. A brief narrative describes the reservation's culture and history, government, location, business enterprises (including tourism), and community facilities. This guide updates Federal and State Reservations and Indian Trust Areas (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1974), but librarians should realize that essentially the same book will soon be available free of charge from the Economic Development Administration under the title American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas.
Mary B. Davis, Huntington Free Lib., Bronx, N.Y.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
This second edition is nearly double the size of the first edition, published in 1996 and originally updated from the 1974 U.S. Department of Commerce's
Federal and State Indian Reservations and Indian Trust Areas. The editor is a Jicarilla Apache and historian; her daughter took most of the nearly 500 black-and-white photos that illustrate this book.
The guide includes information about the 562 federally recognized tribes and reservations in 33 states. Arranged by state and preceded by a state overview, individual entries include the location and land status, climate, culture and history, government, business corporation, economy, infrastructure, community facilities and services, and environmental concerns related to each reservation. Each entry enumerates opportunities for small business development and outlines the governmental structures that are currently in place. The 1999-2003 winners of the best tribal governance award from Harvard University's "Honoring Nations" program are identified. One of the biggest changes since the previous edition is the number of tribes providing gaming activities; in 2005 more than 225 tribes operated gaming facilities.
The table of contents is an alphabetical list of those states that have tribal lands followed by an alphabetical list of the tribes within that state. Also at the beginning of the volume is a list of photos and maps. The volume is completed by a bibliography and an index.
This resource is recommended as essential for both academic and public libraries in those areas where Native American tribes reside and also for any libraries where the economics of tribal lands might be an issue. Diana Shonrock
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