Distribution of this Guide is made possible by the financial support of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation and the Archibald Bush Foundation. The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation provides core support for the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. An initial version of this Guide was produced by Mr. Mosqueda and Mr. Yinug for the constitutional reform committee of the Ihanktuwan Dakotah Oyate (Yankton Sioux Tribe). Helpful comments have been provided by the members of the reform committee, as well as participants in the Nation Building II Seminar of the Harvard University Native American Program. Eliza Bemis, Tammy Y. Kalt, and Heather Raftery provided indispensable research assistance.

Joseph P. Kalt is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a founder and co-director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

Jessie M. Mosqueda is currently working in real estate as Project Manager for a national for-profit developer of economically integrated urban neighborhoods. He is a graduate of the Masters in Public Policy Program of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

C. Falan Yinug is an international trade analyst at the U.S. International Trade Commission and a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.