Dean Howard Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3622040 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dean Howard Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dean Howard |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Arizona University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Energy Planning for Indian Nations within the WRAP: A Field Guide
INTRODUCTION\nEnergy in the form of electricity is a hot topic among tribes within the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP). For too many people, energy is too expensive, not reliable, or even nonexistent. For many tribal members, up to 20 or 30 percent of income is spent on energy, which is unbelievably high compared to nontribal people in the same area. Many houses and buildings within Indian nations connected to the existing electrical powe…
Economic Analysis of Energy-Efficiency Measures: Tribal Case Studies with the Yurok Tribe, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Energy efficiency (EE) is maximizing the effective utilization of energy while minimizing the costs of that energy. Implementation of energy-efficiency programs by a tribe can have many positive impacts. These include the reduction of energy costs and the associated freeing of significant financial resources for other important uses, improved electrical service, increased energy independence, improved air quality, reduction in environmental impac…
Managing Tribal Assets: Developing Long-Term Strategic Plans
As Native American tribes move toward self-determination in government and self-sufficiency of their peoples, they face daunting problems.2 Beginning with the status quo of unemployment rates ranging as high as 90 percent, concomitant social and health issues unseen elsewhere in the United States, and limited financial assets, tribes need to develop long-term strategic plans. However, traditional economic development models and techniques are of …
The Issue of Compatibility between Cultural Integrity and Economic Development among Native American Tribes
INTRODUCTION\nA manifest imperative in Indian Country is maintaining the cultures and strengthening sovereign powers. Only when the individual tribe both controls its own resources and sustains its identity as a distinct civilization does economic development make sense; otherwise, the tribe must choose between cultural integrity and economic development. The current paper promotes development as a means to the end of sustaining tribal character;…
The Issue of Compatibility between Cultural Integrity and Economic Development among Native American Tribes
INTRODUCTION\nA manifest imperative in Indian Country is maintaining the cultures and strengthening sovereign powers. Only when the individual tribe both controls its own resources and sustains its identity as a distinct civilization does economic development make sense; otherwise, the tribe must choose between cultural integrity and economic development. The current paper promotes development as a means to the end of sustaining tribal character;…
The Issue of Compatibility between Cultural Integrity and Economic Development among Native American Tribes
INTRODUCTION\nA manifest imperative in Indian Country is maintaining the cultures and strengthening sovereign powers. Only when the individual tribe both controls its own resources and sustains its identity as a distinct civilization does economic development make sense; otherwise, the tribe must choose between cultural integrity and economic development. The current paper promotes development as a means to the end of sustaining tribal character;…
Managing Tribal Assets: Developing Long-Term Strategic Plans
As Native American tribes move toward self-determination in government and self-sufficiency of their peoples, they face daunting problems.2 Beginning with the status quo of unemployment rates ranging as high as 90 percent, concomitant social and health issues unseen elsewhere in the United States, and limited financial assets, tribes need to develop long-term strategic plans. However, traditional economic development models and techniques are of …
Economic Analysis of Energy-Efficiency Measures: Tribal Case Studies with the Yurok Tribe, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Energy efficiency (EE) is maximizing the effective utilization of energy while minimizing the costs of that energy. Implementation of energy-efficiency programs by a tribe can have many positive impacts. These include the reduction of energy costs and the associated freeing of significant financial resources for other important uses, improved electrical service, increased energy independence, improved air quality, reduction in environmental impac…
Energy Planning for Indian Nations within the WRAP: A Field Guide
INTRODUCTION\nEnergy in the form of electricity is a hot topic among tribes within the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP). For too many people, energy is too expensive, not reliable, or even nonexistent. For many tribal members, up to 20 or 30 percent of income is spent on energy, which is unbelievably high compared to nontribal people in the same area. Many houses and buildings within Indian nations connected to the existing electrical powe…
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