Native Pathways: American Indian Culture and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century

How has American Indians' participation in the broader market - as managers of casinos, negotiators of oil leases, or commercial fishermen - challenged the U.S. paradigm of economic development? Have American Indians paid a cultural price for the chance at a paycheck? How have gender and race shaped their experiences in the marketplace? Contributors to Native Pathways ponder these and other questions, highlighting how indigenous peoples have simultaneously adopted capitalist strategies and altered them to suit their own distinct cultural beliefs and practices. Including contributions from historians, anthropologists, and sociologists, Native Pathways offers fresh viewpoints on economic change and cultural identity in twentieth-century Native American communities. Foreword by Donald L. Fixico.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS Foreword Donald L. Fixico Acknowledgements 1. Rethinking Modernity and the Discourse of Development in American Indian History, an Introduction Colleen O'Neill Part I: Commerce and Incorporation 2. Searching for Salvation and Sovereignty: The Cultural Economy of Blackfeet Oil Leasing, 1914-1955 Paul C. Rosier 3. The Comanche-Kiowa Business Council of the Early 1900s David LaVere 4. Casino Roots: The Cultural Production of Twentieth-Century Seminole Economic Development Jessica R. Cattelino 5. The Dawning of a New Day? Notes on Indian Gaming in Southern California Nicolas G. Rosenthal 6. The Devil's in the Details: Tracing the Fingerprints of Free Trade and its Effects on Navajo Weavers Kathy M'Closkey Part II: Wage Work "All we needed was our gardens": Women's work and welfare reform in the reservation economy Tressa Berman 7. Work and Culture in Southeastern Alaska: Tlingit Indians and the Industrial Fisheries, 1880-1940 David Arnold 8. Five Dollars a Week to Be a 'Regular Indian': Shows, Exhibitions, and the Economics of Indian Dancing, 1880-1930 Clyde Ellis 9. Land, Labor and Leadership: The Political Economy of Hualapai Community Building, 1910-1940 Jeffrey P. Shepherd 10. Working for Identity: Race, Ethnicity and the Market Economy in Northern California, 1875-1936 William Bauer Part III: Methodology and Theoretical Implications 11. Local Knowledge as Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Definition and Ownership Chris Paci and Lisa Krebs 12. Work Relief on the Wind River Indian Reservation: An Exploration into Cultural Identity, Social Memory, and Economic Change Brian Hosmer 13. Tribal Capitalism and Native Capitalists: Multiple Pathways of Native Economy Duane Champagne 14. Conclusion Brian Hosmer and Colleen O'Neill Contributors Index

About the Author :
Brian Hosmer is associate professor of history and American Indian studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and director of The Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. Colleen O'Neill is associate professor of history at Utah State University and associate editor of Western Historical Quarterly.

Review :
"An important, indeed pivotal, work, which brings together Native American culture and economic theory. It should be of interest to students of Indian history and cultures as well as economists, development specialists, tribal leaders, and the business community."