Indian Reservations in the United States

List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. Introduction
American Indians in Geographic and Related Research: A Summary Survey
The Topic Selection and the Problem of Collecting Data on Indian Reservations
Purpose and Structure of the Present Study
2. Two Hundred Years of Indian Policy in the United States
The Colonial Heritage and the Beginnings of U.S. Indian Policy
The Search for a Final Solution
Federal Indian Policy since the 1930s
3. From Sovereign Tribal Territory to the Indian Reservations of Today
The Reduction of Indian Territory and the Geographical Distribution of Today's Reservations
The Legal Basis for Establishing Reservations
The Status of Landownership on Reservations
Characteristic Patterns of Territorial Development of the Indian Reservations and the Remains of Tribal Sovereignty
4. The American Indian Population
Counting the Uncountable? Problems in Demographic Analysis for American Indians
The Heterogeneity of American Indians
The Development and Distribution of the American Indian Population
The Demographic Structure of American Indians
5. The Socioeconomic Status of American Indians
A Comparison of the American Indian Standard of Living with Other Racial Groups in the United States
Employment and Labor Force Conditions on Indian Reservations
Educational Attainment and the Education System of American Indians
6. "Economic Spirit" and Economic Structure of the Indian Reservations: Value Systems and Other Regulating Factors
Sociocultural Components of the Economy
Factors That Hinder the Development of the Reservation Economy
Factors Potentially Favorable to the Development of the Reservation Economy
7. The Role of Mining on Reservation Lands
A Historical Outline
Income, Expanse and Regional Distribution
The Advantages, Disadvantages and Problems of Tribal Mineral Development
8. The Critical Issue of Tribal Water Rights
Indian Water Law: Different Interpretations
The Water Conflict between the State of Arizona and Its Reservations: A Study of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
9. The Importance of Agriculture and Forestry
Agriculture and Grazing: The Natural Livelihood of the Reservation Indians?
Regional Examples of Reservation Agriculture in Arizona
Forestry in Indian Country
10. Manufactures and Services on the Reservations
Trading Posts and Their New Competitors
Other Businesses in the Service Sector for the Gila River, Havasupai, and Fort Apache Indian Reservations
Commercial and Industrial Enterprises in Indian Country: A Stocktaking
Industrial Parks, a New Phenomenon of the Indian Reservations: The Case of Arizona
11. Findings and Epilogue
Bibliography, Archival and Statistical Material, and List of Informants