Building Economic Opportunity on Indian Reservations

last December, I visited a small Chippewa reservation in the upper peninsula of Michigan. After reading many arguments for and against Indian gaming, I wanted a first-hand look at reservation life and the effects of gaming. I expected to find a miniature version of Atlantic City but was surprised instead to encounter a miniature version of the public housing development in my hometown. The reservation covered perhaps a square mile and was scattered with approximately 30 tiny, single-family homes, all in need of insulation and repair.