American Indians in Geographic and Related Research: A Summary Survey 1 --
Topic Selection and the Problem of Collecting Data on Indian Reservations 4 --
Purpose and Structure of the Present Study 7 --
2 Two Hundred Years of Indian Policy in the United States 10 --
Colonial Heritage and the Beginnings of U.S. Indian Policy 10 --
Search for a Final Solution 15 --
Federal Indian Policy since the 1930s 30 --
3 From Sovereign Tribal Territory to the Indian Reservations of Today 39 --
Reduction of Indian Territory and the Geographical Distribution of Today's Reservations 39 --
Legal Basis for Establishing Reservations 45 --
Status of Landownership on Reservations 51 --
Characteristic Patterns of Territorial Development of Indian Reservations and the Remains of Tribal Sovereignty 58 --
4 American Indian Population 70 --
Counting the Uncountable? Problems in Demographic Analysis for American Indians 70 --
Heterogeneity of American Indians 75 --
Development and Distribution of the American Indian Population 84 --
Demographic Structure of American Indians 93 --
5 Socioeconomic Status of American Indians 105 --
A Comparison of the American Indian Standard of Living with Other Racial Groups in the United States 105 --
Employment and Labor Force Conditions on Indian Reservations 120 --
Educational Attainment and the Education System of American Indians 130 --
6 "Economic Spirit" and Economic Structure of Indian Reservations: American Indian Value Systems and Other Regulating Factors 156 --
Sociocultural Components of the Economy 156 --
Factors That Hinder the Development of the Reservation Economy 176 --
Factors Potentially Favorable to the Development of the Reservation Economy 185 --
7 Role of Mining on Reservation Lands 189 --
A Historical Outline 192 --
Income, Expanse, and Regional Distribution 197 --
Advantages, Disadvantages and Problems of Tribal Mineral Development 203 --
8 Critical Issue of Tribal Water Rights 208 --
Indian Water Law: Different Interpretations 211 --
Water Conflict between the State of Arizona and Its Reservations: A Study of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation 218 --
9 Importance of Agriculture and Forestry 238 --
Agriculture and Grazing: The Natural Livelihood of the Reservation Indians? 238 --
Regional Examples of Reservation Agriculture in Arizona 240 --
Forestry in Indian Country 264 --
10 Manufactures and Services on the Reservations 273 --
Trading Posts and Their New Competitors 273 --
Other Businesses in the Service Sector for the Gila River, Havasupai, and Fort Apache Indian Reservations 278 --
Commercial and Industrial Enterprises in Indian Country: A Stocktaking 284 --
Industrial Parks, a New Phenomenon of the Indian Reservations: The Case of Arizona 290.