Alaska Native Self-Government and Service Delivery: What Works?
2003 by The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
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December 31, 2003

Alaska Native Self-Government and Service Delivery: What Works?

Authors: Joseph P. Kalt, Stephen Cornell

Publishers: Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development , Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy

Funders: Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, Ford Foundation, Morris K. Udall Foundation, The University of Arizona

In this study we review a few of the many examples of innovative Native self-governance and service-delivery initiatives already underway in Alaska. We then review the results of a substantial body of research on indigenous self-governance and development in the lower forty-eight states and Canada, and we examine the applicability of that research to Alaska. Finally, we examine implications of this research and these initiatives for policymakers in all governing arenas—from Native villages to state and federal governments.