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Statement before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on Economic Development

Statement before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on Economic Development
Statement before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight…
Author
Miriam Jorgensen
Year

Why is it that, amidst the well-documented and widespread poverty and social distress that characterize American Indian reservations overall, an increasing number of Native nations are breaking old patterns and building economies, social institutions, and political systems that work? What explains the stark differences in development we now see across Indian Country? 

congressional hearing statement
nation building
economic growth
social change
self-government
Native Nations
National
Resource Type
Testimony and Speeches
Topics
Economic and Community Development
Useful Links
United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Citation

Jorgensen, Miriam. "Oversight Hearing on Economic Development." The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 10, 2006. Report. (https://www.indian.senate.gov/sites/default/files/upload/files/Jorgensen051006.pdf, accessed January 2, 2023)

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