Resources by Topic  |  Business and Economic Development

American Indian and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses: 2002 - (United States Census Bureau). Issued June 2006.

American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses Near 200,000; California, Texas, Oklahoma Lead States, Census Bureau Reports - (United States Department of Commerce). May 22, 2001.

[Arizona Tribes Economic Profile Database] - (Center for American Indian Economic Development, College of Business Administration, Northern Arizona University).

National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. "Founded in 1969, the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is the first national non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation created and directed by American Indians, solely dedicated to developing American Indian economic self-sufficiency through business ownership."

Native American Business and Economic Development Law Resources - (National Indian Law Library). By David Selden, National Indian Law Library and April Schwartz, University of Minnesota Law Library.

Native Owned Businesses - (Native Web). A web directory.

Native-owned businesses generate billions - (Indianz.com). Monday, Aug. 1, 2005.

Research and Publications - (The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development).

Reservations of Right: An Introduction to Indian Law - (By Gabriel S. Galanda of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC; available through Findlaw.com).

Tribal Sovereign Immunity: An Obstacle for Non-Indians Doing Business in Indian Country? - Susan Woodrow, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

 

A selection of free federal Indian and tribal law secondary resources on the Internet.


Tips for searching the library online catalog for additional materials

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Type: "economic development" or "business" or other related keywords into various fields.

Tiller's guide to Indian country : economic profiles of American Indian reservations (edited and compiled by Veronica E. Velarde Tiller) is a helpful resource. A 2005 edition has been published. Information about the updated and expanded publication can be found at Five Star Publications and Tiller Research Incorporated.