Articles
09/01/2006
Different Constraints
The various articles in your special issue (“American Indians and Property Rights,” June 2006) together illustrate a series of fundamentally important points.
Bruce Benson
06/03/2006
These Plains Indians had a legal system based on accepted rules of conduct and individual rights.
A return to property rights and the rule of law would restore economic strength and stewardship to American Indian Economies.
Craig S. Galbraith, Carlos L. Rodriguez, Curt H. Stiles
06/01/2006
The reservation system, instituted in the nineteenth century, destroyed the successful property rights systems of the past.
Bill Yellowtail
06/01/2006
Tribal sovereignty is an achievement, but just as important in enabling Indians to be entrepreneurial is recognizing the role of the individual.
D. Bruce Johnsen
06/01/2006
British Columbia could resolve its conflicts over salmon by an auction that resembles the 'rivalry potlatches' of the past.
Blackfeet Gathering, an oil painting of teepees, illustrates private property among American Indians. It is available by auction.
By Terry L. Anderson, Bruce L. Benson and Thomas E. Flanagan
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
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