A Nation Within

In A Nation Within, Ezra Rosser explores the connection between land-use patterns and development in the Navajo Nation. Roughly the size of Ireland or West Virginia, the Navajo reservation has seen successive waves of natural resource-based development over the last century: grazing and over-grazing, oil and gas, uranium, and coal; yet Navajos continue to suffer from high levels of unemployment and poverty. Rosser shows the connection between the exploitation of these resources and the growth of the tribal government before turning to contemporary land use and development challenges. He argues that, in addition to the political challenges associated with any significant change, external pressures and internal corruption have made it difficult for the tribe to implement land reforms that could help provide space for economic development that would benefit the Navajo Nation and Navajo tribal members.

Author: Ezra Rosser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/07/2021
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781108987448

About the Author
Rosser, Ezra: - Ezra Rosser is Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law where he teaches Federal Indian Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Poverty Law. A graduate of Yale, Harvard, and the University of Cambridge, Ezra is a non-Indian who grew up, in part, on the Navajo Nation.