| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 40.1

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 40.1 | The History Cooperative

*The State of Native Nations: Conditions Under U. S. Policies Of Self-Determination*. The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. By Eric C. Henson. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 394 pages. $29.95.)
The State of Native Nations provides a set of important and insightful before and after comparisons of Indian nations at the time of the passage of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P. L. Law 93–638) in 1975 to the present time. The editors have gathered an august group of contributors including the very best from the Native world and from non-Native intellectuals.	1
The topics of discussion cover a myriad of issues including tribal government, nation building, tribe-to-tribe relations, relationships with non-tribal government entities, international relations, economic development on Native lands, gaming, water rights, the environment, Indian education, the Indian healthcare system, the Native family, Native housing, public safety, culture, arts, media, and the oft-overlooked but equally important groups: the Alaska Native, Native Hawaiians, and urban Indians. The authors are successful in bringing these concerns and issues and these groups together under the mantra of "self-determination," but more importantly, under the larger umbrella of Native Nations as sovereigns.	. . .

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