Conceptually there seem to be six ways to define Indian people (legal definitions, self-declaration, community recognition, recognition by non-Indians, biological definitions, and cultural definitions). The point is, the social definition of urban Indians is a matter of the social sanction of non-Indian oriented institutions. (JC)

Since no mechanism presently exists for the effective distribution of tribal income to tribal members, the wealth created by development of natural resources on the American Indian reservations of the Colorado River Basin will not substantially alter the quality of Indian life. (JC)

The written contract between the Hesquiat Band Council and an anthropoligist working on the southern Vancouver Island Indian reserve in British Columbia. (NQ)

Analyzing the lack of economic development on the Navajo Reservation, this article suggests that the fact that jobs in the service sector are the most common and secure has important consequence for career aspirations of young Indians, how Indians and non-Indians think of Indians, and problems of economic development. (JC)

A grid system utilizing township sections was employed as a functional locator for the random sample selection for a health consumer survey on the Reservation. This paper reports the experience and observations relevant to utilizing these area sampling techniques on the Reservation and, perhaps, to other rural areas as well. (DS)

Discussed are the attitudes toward anthropologists among the Oglala Sioux of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (NQ)

The relative positive and negative aspects of internal vs external social control of alcohol consumption among North American Indians are discussed. (JC)

The relocation of 323 Southern Plains Indians from western Oklahoma from 1968 to 1972 was studied. A further study was made of the 47 Indians who left their relocation city within a year to return to the reservation. (NQ)

Exploring the variations in economic status on the Navajo Reservation, this article maintains that regional differences prevent the validity of speaking in terms of "the Navajos." (JC)

In this paper, population changes of 2 Southwestern American Indian tribes, the Navajos and the Hopis, are compared and it is suggested that the differences are accounted for both by Federal policy as it has effected each reservation's loss or acquisition land and, to a lesser degree, by the living arrangements of each tribe. (Author/KM)