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Kin-Based Governments Can Be Successful and Profitable

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Author: 
Duane Champagne
Year: 
2013

Kin-Based Governments Can Be Successful and Profitable

Kin-Based Governments Can Be Successful and Profitable
Kin-Based Governments Can Be Successful and Profitable

A key to understanding American Indian nations, and Indigenous Peoples in general, is local community organization. Local groups, as basic building blocks of indigenous nations, play a powerful role in tribal or national consensus building and decision-making. The ways that local indigenous groups are constructed varies considerably among the nations, and through history...

decentralized authority, decision making, diversity, governing system, kinship, kinship systems, local decision-making, local governance, traditional governance systems
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Native Nations: 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
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News and Opinion
Topics: 
Citizenship/Membership, Constitutions, Cultural Affairs, Governance, Leadership

Champagne, Duane. "Kin-Based Governments Can Be Successful and Profitable." Indian Country Today Media Network. October 11, 2013. Article. (https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/events/kin-based-governments..., accessed October 11, 2013)

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