Successful Economic Development and Heterogeneity of Governmental Form on American Indian Reservations
This paper examines the problem-solving capacities of tribal institutions among a number of tribes. Particular attention is paid to two economically successful and developing (non-gaming) reservations: the Flathead of Montana and the Cochiti Pueblo of New Mexico. The former is governed via a well-developed and codified parliamentary democracy, while the latter operates under a centuries-old theocracy. How can such stikingly different governmental systems both be compatible with the economic success of their respective nations?
Citation
Cornell, Stephen and Joseph P. Kalt. Successful Economic Development and Heterogeneity of Government Form on American Indian Reservations. | Pueblo of Cochiti. View Report (1995). Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. Harvard, MA.