'Ezra Rosser is a treasure. A Nation Within is a sensitive and provocative account of the Navajo Nation, as a government, and the Diné people, as a complex community of real people who have faced (and are still facing) challenges both external and internal to the Nation with incredible resilience. Rosser does not mince words. His account is not romantic. He ventures directly into the honest, on-the-ground messiness inherent when governments have to make hard choices as the Navajo Nation has done time again, including in making the controversial environmental and economic trade-offs that Rosser so deftly describes. Rosser's account will change how we think not only about tribal land governance but also about the potential for more localized land reform and development. This is essential reading in our current political moment. There is much Americans can learn from this story of the Navajo Nation and from Rosser himself.' Jessica A. Shoemaker, Professor of Law, University of Nebraska College of Law

Autorentext
Ezra Rosser is Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law where he teaches Federal Indian Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Poverty Law. A graduate of Yale, Harvard, and the University of Cambridge, Ezra is a non-Indian who grew up, in part, on the Navajo Nation.

Klappentext

Addressing issues of resource exploitation and tribal sovereignty, Ezra Rosser explores the connection between land-use and development in the Navajo Nation. The book is for students, scholars, professionals, and anyone interested in Indigenous studies, the Navajo Nation, tribal economic development, and environmental and property law.

Inhalt

Preface: 1. Introduction; 2. The Navajo nation; 3. A new and old deal for Navajos: Oil and sheep; 4. War production and growing pains: uranium and coal; 5. Alternative environmental paths; 6. Golf balls and discretionary funds; 7. Improving tribal governance; 8. Locally grounded development; 9. Reclaiming the land; 10. Creating space for experimentation; 11. Sovereign assertions; 12. Conclusion; Acknowledgments.