Collective Design of the Tribal Future: Structural Analysis of Vision Statements Constructed by the People of the Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, Comanche, and Pawnee Tribes

Authors

Benjamin J. Broom, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO)

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Description

This paper reports on the results of recent design sessions conducted with several tribes in Oklahoma. During 1991 and 1992 the Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), a national Native American Organization concerned with Tribal Governance processes worked for Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity (OIO) to sponsor a series of four projects that included participative design sessions with the Apache, Cheyenne & Arapaho, and Pawnee Tribes of Oklahoma. The research methodology is described as participant centered, contextually embedded, dialogically based, integrated, and participant validated.

Publication Date

1993

Collection Document Type

Analysis Paper

Collection Topics

Tribal governance, planning, and policy

Keywords

American Indian participation in governance, vision, involvement, ownership, contribution, preservation of identity, quality of life

Disciplines

Indigenous Education

Comments

This revised draft includes selected pages of a previous version of the same paper

Recommended Citation

Broom, Benjamin J.. "Collective Design of the Tribal Future: Structural Analysis of Vision Statements Constructed by the People of the Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, Comanche, and Pawnee Tribes." (1993). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/lhnac/8