Governance, Enterprises, and Rebuilding Native Economies

  Stephen Cornell the director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and Professor of Sociology and of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Arizona. In this video Cornell is at his first focus seminar, the focus seminars is a very good way for him to share the information that he has research. I think the more he does this type of approach with the seminars, people will become more aware with nation building it will begin to become more known to others.  Cornell speaks to the guest and gives quick overview of nation owed enterprises, how they work, different approaches and economical development issues. He shares that this seminar was something different for him because he usually spend two days just sitting down and talking to tribal council and senior leader going over nation building from A to Z.  Cornell shares the mistakes that most Indian Country's make with using something called the home ran approach, to start a business. The home ran approach is what many reservation do, they take out grants, hire as many people possible and do not take the steps or research to see if the business will work. They hope for the best but it ends up failing. This is because it is not properly organized they look for the quick fix. The second approach is nation building, this approach looks at ways to properly own and organize a business so that the business is will succeed in the future as well.