A Sampling of Community-Based Housing Efforts at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19004093
AutoresClinton Wood (Colorado State University, autor correspondente), Caroline M Clevenger (0000-0003-2265-8447, Colorado State University), Caroline Clevenger (Colorado State University)
Ano2012
Volume36
Fascículo4
Páginas1-28
Data de publicação2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Indian Culture and Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0161-6463 • E-ISSN: 0161-6463
EditoraUCLA American Indian Studies Center (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.17953/aicr.36.4.w4452h107120gt62
OpenAlexW7830410
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas7

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is in need of several thousand houses to alleviate overcrowding and improve living conditions. The United States government has failed to provide appropriate or sufficient housing and other individuals and organizations that have attempted to build homes for the Lakota have met with widely varying results. This paper documents community-based housing activities of fifteen Pine Ridge residents who attempted to implement a variety of construction techniques. The biggest challenges were obtaining and paying for resources and finding competent, reliable labor. The interviewees used local and salvaged materials extensively and worked within the local, informal economy to meet these challenges and address their dissatisfaction with government cluster housing. Findings suggest that local, community-based construction may provide a successful and culturally sustainable strategy for residential construction because it equips builders with a means to earn a living, develops construction skills, establishes a sense of ownership, and provides appropriate housing that enriches lives and builds pride

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Local government · Overcrowding · Political science · Pride · Reservation · Ridge · Architecture, Design, and Social History · Public Administration · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies