Sovereign entrepreneurs : Cherokee small-business owners and the making of economic sovereignty / Courtney Lewis.

SeriesCritical indigeneities
Critical indigeneities. ^A1325681
Contents "Economic identities : conceptions and practices -- Tourism : "Where are the Indians?" -- Bounding American Indian businesses -- Pillars of sovereignty : the case for small businesses in economic development -- Governmental support for Indianpreneurs : challenges and conflicts."
Abstract "[A] study of small businesses and small business owners who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). The EBCI has an especially long history of incorporated, citizen-owned businesses located on their reservation. Many people stop with casinos or natural-resource intensive enterprise when they think of Indigenous-owned businesses, but on Qualla Boundary today, Indigenous entrepreneurship and economic independence extends to art galleries, restaurants, a bookstore, a funeral parlor, and more. Lewis's fieldwork followed these businesses before and after the Great Recession, and against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Cherokee-owned casino. From this source base, Lewis reveals how these EBCI businesses have contributed to an economic sovereignty that empowers and sustains their nation both culturally and politically. This is a generative concept that helps to define what a distinctly Indigenous form of entrepreneurship looks like"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018024858
ISBN9781469648583 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN146964858X hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN9781469648590 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN1469648598 paperback alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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