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Letters to the Editor
Different Constraints The various articles in your special issue (“American Indians and Property Rights,” June 2006) together illustrate a series of fundamentally important points. First, American Indians are just like anyone else, except that they face different structures of costs and rewards, to which they respond, like anyone else. Above all, they face different governmentalContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”
The 19th Century Comanche
These Plains Indians had a legal system based on accepted rules of conduct and individual rights.
Self-Determination –
A return to property rights and the rule of law would restore economic strength and stewardship to American Indian Economies.
American Indian Collectivism
The reservation system, instituted in the nineteenth century, destroyed the successful property rights systems of the past.
Indian Sovereignty –
Tribal sovereignty is an achievement, but just as important in enabling Indians to be entrepreneurial is recognizing the role of the individual.
A Modern Potlatch?
British Columbia could resolve its conflicts over salmon by an auction that resembles the ‘rivalry potlatches’ of the past.
Blackfeet Gathering
Blackfeet Gathering, an oil painting of teepees, illustrates private property among American Indians. It is available by auction.
Self-Determination: The Other Path for Native Americans
A comparison of historical and contemporary Canadian and U.S. Native American policy.
Advertising for Clean Water
By Carol Ferrie Every year, corporations spend about $150 billion on advertising, says Paul Polizzotto, but very little of it goes to improve quality of life. Polizzotto — surfer, businessman, and environmentalist– has figured out a way to harness some of those advertising dollars through the Adopt-A-Waterway program. "You don’t have to take the oathContinue reading “Advertising for Clean Water”