Segregation and American Indian Reservations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tennille Larzelere Marley
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Racial Residential Segregation ◽  
Indian Reservations ◽  
American Indian Reservations ◽  
Indian Nations ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Racial residential segregation is a key feature of the social organization of American society, and is also a fundamental cause of racial inequality. The body of literature on racial residential segregation and its effects on African Americans is expansive, and it is growing for other racial/ethnic groups as well. However, missing from the literature are American Indians. American Indian reservations are prime examples of racial residential segregation. This chapter strives to answer key questions: How is the racial residential segregation of American Indians different from that for other racial/ethnic groups? How can American Indian nations address issues on their reservations that result from segregation? What processes drove the segregation of American Indians onto reservations? American Indian nations are in a unique position to address the effects of racial residential segregation in ways that other racial/ethnic groups cannot. That is because American Indian reservations, despite segregation, are a place of healing.

scholarly journals The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and Its Effects on American Indian Economic Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall K. Q. Akee ◽  
Katherine A. Spilde ◽  
Jonathan B. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Indian Reservations ◽  
Indian Gaming ◽  
Tribal Government ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tribal Governments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ◽  
American Indian Reservations

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), passed by the US Congress in 1988, was a watershed in the history of policymaking directed toward reservation-resident American Indians. IGRA set the stage for tribal government-owned gaming facilities. It also shaped how this new industry would develop and how tribal governments would invest gaming revenues. Since then, Indian gaming has approached commercial, state-licensed gaming in total revenues. Gaming operations have had a far-reaching and transformative effect on American Indian reservations and their economies. Specifically, Indian gaming has allowed marked improvements in several important dimensions of reservation life. For the first time, some tribal governments have moved to fiscal independence. Native nations have invested gaming revenues in their economies and societies, often with dramatic effect.

scholarly journals Reservation Lands as a Protective Social Factor: An Analysis of Psychological Distress among Two American Indian Tribes

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311880702
Author(s):  
Kimberly R. Huyser ◽  
Ronald J. Angel ◽  
Janette Beals ◽  
James H. Cox ◽  
Robert A. Hummer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Indian Reservations ◽  
Lower Odds ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
American Indian Reservations ◽  
The Relationship

The unique physical, cultural, and ecological location of U.S. American Indian reservations simultaneously presents risks for mental health and offers sources of resilience to Native peoples. Using survey data from two American Indian tribes, we explore whether the length of one’s life spent on a reservation is associated with lower odds of psychological distress. In both tribes, we find that individuals who live a vast majority of their lives on the reservation have lower odds of psychological distress than individuals who spent portions of their life off or near the reservation. These findings suggest a need to reframe the perception of life experience on tribal reservations but also call for a more nuanced investigation of the life experience of American Indians. This study illustrates the importance of deeply exploring the relationship that American Indians have with their tribal reservation lands.

Indigenous Self-Governance and Development on American Indian Reservations

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 233-237
Author(s):  
Dustin Frye ◽  
Dominic P. Parker
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Indian Reservations ◽  
Indian Reorganization Act ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Will Self ◽  
American Indian Reservations

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People promotes self-governance as a matter of justice rather than economics. How will self-governance affect the incomes of indigenous people? To gain insight, we compare long-run income growth on American Indian reservations with and without federal oversight through the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act. Reservations with more autonomy had 12-15 percent higher income per capita in 2016, even conditional on 1930s income. However, these more autonomous reservations also experienced wider income variance with more downside risk. The findings are consistent with theory emphasizing the development trade-offs between local and centralized governance.

scholarly journals Food Environments around American Indian Reservations: A Mixed Methods Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. e0161132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwen M. Chodur ◽  
Ye Shen ◽  
Stephen Kodish ◽  
Vanessa M. Oddo ◽  
Daniel A. Antiporta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Food Environments ◽  
Indian Reservations ◽  
American Indian Reservations
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