 ON AMERICAN
INDIAN RESERVATIONS
INDIAN
GAMING AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NON-GAMING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
WHAT ARE SOME SPECIAL ISSUES ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS? WHAT
DO THE EXPERTS SAY? A literature review on Indian Reservation E.D.
USEFUL
LINKS Economic Development entails any activity seeking to improve economic opportunities for a given population. This includes a broad range of activities including the recruitment of employers and the necessary physical improvements to make a specific area an attractive place for development. Indian Reservations desperately need economic
development. Of the more than 900,000 residents of reservations,
about 37 percent are unemployed. On some reservations, the unemployment
rate exceeds 60 percent. Clearly, something must be done, but what
should it be?
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