Post by blackcrowheart on Jan 16, 2006 13:42:46 GMT -5
'Guide to Indian Country'
key to understanding and working with tribes
By Dorreen Yellow BirdHerald Staff Writer
www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforksherald/news/local/13629905.htm
"Tiller's Guide to Indian Country" is the ultimate book for anyone
who needs updated information about Native Americans and Indian
tribes.
Veronica Tiller, president of Tiller Research Inc., describes all 562
federally recognized tribes in a 1,120-page tome - a matchless Native
American information guide.
The guide contains extensive details about tribal governments, their
land base, populations, enrollment numbers, number of graduates,
unemployment statistics, per capita income and more. This 2005 second
edition, hard cover book doesn't skimp on anything including 467
photographs of important sites on reservations and maps identifying
their location.
If, for example, you've never heard of the Ak-Chin reservation and
don't know where it is, the book points out the reservation on a map
of Arizona and describes it.
So how did Tiller gather so much information and how accurate is it?
Of the 562 tribes, the research group set foot on and researched 200-
plus reservations. For some tribes, they used telephone interviews.
These interviews were supplemented with information from the U.S.
Census, Bureau of Indian Affairs land records, tribal Web sites and
other federal and state resources.
Tiller worked with many tribes during her 25 years as CEO of Research
Inc. Those one-on-one interviews gave her a good opportunity to
develop a network of tribal contacts. She also realized there was a
void of updated, reliable information about tribes today. Throughout
history the treatment of Indian people has been stereotypical and
unreliable, she said. Some people think some tribes no longer exist
or they're extinct. Tiller wants people to recognize the
contributions tribes make to the economy of communities, and that
they are not just casino moguls. They are modern tribes and
governments with complex issues, she said.
"This guide to Indian Country is a valuable tool that will continue,
as it has in the past, to dispel myths and to inform those who desire
to work with Native people and their government," said Sen. Daniel
Inouye, D-Hawaii, in the book's preface. Inouye is a former chairman
of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and currently a member.
Tiller, who is Jicarilla Apache, received master's and doctoral
degrees in American History at the University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque. She taught at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Her "Guide to Indian Country" is suggested for those interested in or
working with American Indian tribes or anyone who may wish to visit
an Indian reservation.
BowArrow publishing company, Albuquerque, N.M. To order call (888)
336-8207 or visit online at www.unmpress.com or
www.tillerresearch.com.
ISN-978-1-885931-04-7. $199 book or CD or $250/set.
key to understanding and working with tribes
By Dorreen Yellow BirdHerald Staff Writer
www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforksherald/news/local/13629905.htm
"Tiller's Guide to Indian Country" is the ultimate book for anyone
who needs updated information about Native Americans and Indian
tribes.
Veronica Tiller, president of Tiller Research Inc., describes all 562
federally recognized tribes in a 1,120-page tome - a matchless Native
American information guide.
The guide contains extensive details about tribal governments, their
land base, populations, enrollment numbers, number of graduates,
unemployment statistics, per capita income and more. This 2005 second
edition, hard cover book doesn't skimp on anything including 467
photographs of important sites on reservations and maps identifying
their location.
If, for example, you've never heard of the Ak-Chin reservation and
don't know where it is, the book points out the reservation on a map
of Arizona and describes it.
So how did Tiller gather so much information and how accurate is it?
Of the 562 tribes, the research group set foot on and researched 200-
plus reservations. For some tribes, they used telephone interviews.
These interviews were supplemented with information from the U.S.
Census, Bureau of Indian Affairs land records, tribal Web sites and
other federal and state resources.
Tiller worked with many tribes during her 25 years as CEO of Research
Inc. Those one-on-one interviews gave her a good opportunity to
develop a network of tribal contacts. She also realized there was a
void of updated, reliable information about tribes today. Throughout
history the treatment of Indian people has been stereotypical and
unreliable, she said. Some people think some tribes no longer exist
or they're extinct. Tiller wants people to recognize the
contributions tribes make to the economy of communities, and that
they are not just casino moguls. They are modern tribes and
governments with complex issues, she said.
"This guide to Indian Country is a valuable tool that will continue,
as it has in the past, to dispel myths and to inform those who desire
to work with Native people and their government," said Sen. Daniel
Inouye, D-Hawaii, in the book's preface. Inouye is a former chairman
of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and currently a member.
Tiller, who is Jicarilla Apache, received master's and doctoral
degrees in American History at the University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque. She taught at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Her "Guide to Indian Country" is suggested for those interested in or
working with American Indian tribes or anyone who may wish to visit
an Indian reservation.
BowArrow publishing company, Albuquerque, N.M. To order call (888)
336-8207 or visit online at www.unmpress.com or
www.tillerresearch.com.
ISN-978-1-885931-04-7. $199 book or CD or $250/set.