Indian Tribal Businesses and the Off-Reservation Market

17 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2008 Last revised: 4 Feb 2016

Date Written: August 1, 2008

Abstract

The pre-American trading centers of the Great Lakes - Sault Ste. Marie, Michilimackinac, and Detroit - developed as natural manifestations of economic activity involving the Indigenous peoples of the region, as well as the French, the British, and lastly the Americans. In many ways, during that period, the Indian people controlled these markets. As history turned against the Indians, the Europeans acquired control of these markets. The federal Indian law and policy manifestation of this control can be explained in the phrase "measured separatism." While measured separatism had value for Indian and American communities for a time, as well as serious disadvantages, the need Indian law controls over the market has receded to a significant extent. The recent limitations on off-reservation gaming are manifestations of this measured separatism. These controls should be a call for tribal business interests to drop some of their reliance on federal Indian law, which creates some economic advantages, and re-enter the larger economic world.

Keywords: Schumpeter, Indian Gaming, Great Lakes

Suggested Citation

Fletcher, Matthew L. M., Indian Tribal Businesses and the Off-Reservation Market (August 1, 2008). 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 1049 (2008), MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1209682

Matthew L. M. Fletcher (Contact Author)

University of Michigan Law School ( email )

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109
United States

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