September, 2019
Institutions and Economic Development on Native American Lands
Jordan Lofthouse
Associate Program Director, Academic and Student Programs
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Native American lands are often rich in natural resources yet bastions of poverty. This paradox results largely from three main obstacles that impede entrepreneurship, the market process, and economic development: the federal land trust, a dual federal-tribal bureaucracy, and legal and political uncertainty.