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Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Sponsored Session
2009 Annual Meeting
Association of American Geographers
Las Vegas, Nevada; March 22-27, 2009


Title:

The Impacts of Ruralness to Indigenous Peoples

Description:

The intent of this session is to examine the spatial consequences of distance, density, or barriers to Indigenous peoples.  The impacts may be observed in social, economic, health, education, or environmental factors that weaken the sustainability of that indigenous group.

Anticipated Attendance:

25

Organizers:

William Gribb

Chairs:

William Gribb

Participants:

Presenter:

Scott Warren, Neoliberalism and Place-Identity in the Great Plains Reservation Community of Poplar, Montana

Presenter:

Mehmet T. Aritan, Spatial Distribution of American Indian Casinos in Relation to Population Clusters

Presenter:

Dick G. Winchell, Native Identity, Rural Isolation, and Strategies for and against the American Indian: American Indian Reservation History and Tribal Transportation Programs.

Presenter:

Daniel Gerard Cole, Gambling Inequities: A Spatial Analysis of Gaming Activities in Indian Country

Presenter:

William Gribb, The Spatial Distribution of Reservations and Its Impact on Economic Development: The Wind River Reservation Example.

 

Sponsorships:

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group, Rural Geography Specialty Group

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