An up-to-the-minute account of how, after Covid-19, Native American tribal communities are moving beyond gaming-based economies in order to foster more robust, sustainable economic development

Reservation Capitalism: Economic Development in Indian Country supplies the true history, present-day circumstances, and potential future of Native American communities and economics.

In this new edition, Robert J. Miller, author of the first edition, teams with fellow Indigenous Peoples law and property expert Adam Crepelle to offer a meticulously edited and thoroughly updated text that addresses newly salient issues such as the fast-growing tribal cannabis industry, the significant developments within reservation-based Community Development Financial Institutions, and similarly significant developments with low-income tax credits. This edition also includes two new chapters on emerging opportunities in the clean energy sector and e-commerce, respectively.

Ultimately, these additions shows how, after Covid-19, tribal communities are moving beyond their formerly vulnerable economies predicated almost exclusively on gaming foster sustainable economic development on reservations in order to improve standards of living and sustain their self-sufficiency and self-determination.

"From a tribal leader's perspective, Miller and Crepelle's Reservation Capitalism is a crucial blueprint for tribal leaders working to build strong, diverse reservation economies. The book powerfully demonstrates how leveraging our sovereignty—our greatest asset—can create lasting prosperity for our people. Reservation Capitalism is essential reading for anyone interested in working with tribes." - David Sickey, Chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

"Miller and Crepelle's Reservation Capitalism is a manifesto of big-picture thinking about the problem of the 21st century for Indian country--diversifying and growing reservation economies. Miller and Crepelle bring together law, history, economics, and culture in a brilliant work that speaks to Native and non-Native policymakers and lawyers as much as it does to scholars." - Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School