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From the University of Washington Press and UW Professor Emerita of American Indian studies, Alexandra Harmon, Reclaiming the Reservation: Histories of Indian Sovereignty Suppressed and Renewed.

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Remarkable Indian financial gains triggered unusual public discussion of economic ethics, and the discourse plainly owed its distinctiveness to the moneymakers' Indian identity. If the prospering people had not been Indians, the discourse might have been as unconcerned with social ideals as the buzz surrounding dot-com millionaires. However, when it seemed that Indians could also be millionaires, many people tried to sort out their thoughts on ambition and on Indians simultaneously. In the process, they articulated and debated some values or principles that might guide economic activity. Notions of fairness, individual rights, and responsibility to others colored their statements about money matters. A recurrent issue was whether American ideals required that Indians and their fellow citizens conduct economic activities by the same rules.

Alexandra Harmon, Rich Indians: Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History