The Political Economy of Native American Policy
USC Price School of Public Policy
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
VPD 302
9:00 am to 10:00 am: Light Breakfast
10:00 am to 11:00 am: Paper 1
The Role of Tribal Governance Capacity in Internet Availability on American Indian Land
Nick Brouwer (University of California, Merced)
Discussant: Joseph Dietrich (Towson University)
11:00 am to 12:00 pm: Paper 2
Environmental Conflict and Local Knowledge in Alaska Native Politics
Joseph Warren (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
Discussant: Paasha Mahdavi (University of California, Santa Barbara)
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm: Lunch and Anderson/Parker overview of the Renewing Indigenous Economies program
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Paper 3
Bargaining in the Shadow of Prior Appropriation: Concessions and Trade-Offs in Native American Water Settlement Negotiations
Leslie Sanchez (USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station)
Discussant: Terry Anderson (Montana State University (emeritus) and Hoover Institution)
2:30 to 3:30 pm: Paper 4
Federal Incarceration and Native American Felon Disenfranchisement in the US West
Melissa Rogers (Claremont Graduate University ), Jean Schroedel (Claremont Graduate University), and Joseph Dietrich (Towson University)
Discussant: Dominic Parker (University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Hoover Institution)
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm: Coffee Break
3:45 pm to 4:45 pm: Paper 5
Examining Native American Support for Federal Indian Policy: Evidence from the Indian Child Welfare Act
Jay Krehbiel (West Virginia University)
Discussant: Laura Evans (University of California, Riverside)
4:45 pm to 5:45 pm: Paper 6
Assimilation and Delegation: A Model of Federal-Tribal Dynamics
Sonja Castañeda Dower (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Melissa Rogers (Claremont Graduate University)
7:00 pm: Dinner