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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaferatos, Nicholas C. (Nicholas Christos), author.

Cladoosby, Brian, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tribal government--United States.

Tribal government.

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-.

Indian reservations--United States.

Indian reservations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American Indian reservation planning is one of the most challenging and poorly understood specializations within the American planning profession. Charged with developing a strategy to protect irreplaceable tribal homelands that have been repeatedly diminished over the ages through unjust public policy actions, it is also one of the most imperative. For centuries tribes have faced historical bigotry, political violence, and an unrelenting resistance to self-governance. Aided by a comprehensive reservation planning strategy, tribes can create the community they envisioned for themselves, independent of outside forces. In Planning the American Indian Reservation, Zaferatos presents a holistic and practical approach to explaining the practice of Native American planning. The book unveils the complex conditions that tribes face by examining the historic, political, legal, and theoretical dimensions of the tribal planning situation in order to elucidate the context within which reservation planning occurs. Drawing on more than thirty years of professional practice, Zaferatos presents several case studies demonstrating how effective tribal planning can alter the nature of the political landscape and help to rebalance the uneven relationships that have been formed between tribal governments and their nontribal political counterparts. Tribal planning's overarching objective is to assist tribes as they transition from passive objects of historical circumstances to principal actors in shaping their future reservation communities.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815653189

0815653182

OCLC:

910070621