• A Guide to Mortgage Lending in Indian Country. A booklet with sections on operating in Indian Country, the residential mortgage lending process, types of mortgage loan programs and compliance issues. July 1997, 47 pages. Available on the Internet at http://www.occ.treas.gov/events/indian.htm or by sending a written request with a check for $15 to: Comptroller of the Currency, P.O. Box 70004, Chicago, IL 60673-0004.
  
  
• "Banking in Indian Country--Expanding the Horizons." Summary of presentations from joint conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Tribal Justice and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), held in Washington, D.C. in July, 1997. Topics include bankers' perspective, community issues, home mortgage lending, acquiring/chartering tribally owned financial institutions, legislative perspective, and reaching the nonbanked in Indian Country. Available on the Internet at http://www.occ.treas.gov/events/indian.htm. Handout materials from the Banking in Indian Country conference are available by contacting the OCC's Public Reading Room at (202) 874-5043.
  
  
• Capital Decisions: Native America and the Community Reinvestment Act. A manual providing information about banking, the Community Reinvestment Act, Indian Country experiences with CRA, and resources. June 1997, 76 pages. Available for $10 from the First Nations Development Institute, The Stores Building, 11917 Main Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22408, (540) 371- 5615, http://www.eureka-communities.com/public_html/mentors/
  m-fndi.htm.
  
  
• Doing the Undoable Deal: A Resource Guide to Financing Housing and Economic Development. Selected federal enhancement programs to help find resources for business and housing without having to memorize all of the programs. Summer 1996, 80 pages. Available on the Internet at http://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/commrein/s96main.htm or contact the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, (800) 333-1010 ext. 2687.
  
  
• Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. A list of working papers on research and economic development in Indian Country, by Stephen Cornell and Joseph P. Kalt. Available through the Malcom Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 495-1338, or on the Internet at http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/socpol/wpamind.htm.
  
  
• Lending in Indian Country: Cultural, Legal and Business Issues. Explores issues related to doing business in Indian Country, with sections on economic development, banking, successful projects and communication. Winter 1994, 28 pages. Contact Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, (800) 333-1010, ext. 2687.
  
  
• Lending in Indian Country: Cultural and Legal Issues. A five-part video series of a seminar that explores cultural differences, land and title issues, tribal powers, sovereign immunity, tribal courts, collateral, remedies, and other issues relevant to doing business in Indian Country. The video and accompanying manual are available for $135 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 90 East Hennepin, P. O. Box 291, Minneapolis, MN 55480-0291, (612) 204-5060.
  
  
• Model Tribal Code: Secured Transactions. (third draft) A model tribal code including security agreements, perfection of security interests, rights of third parties, filing, default, and judicial procedure. Also includes a cross reference guide to the new format for Article 9--Secured Transactions as proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Prepared by the Indian Law Clinic of the University of Montana. April 1997, 61 pages. Available for $10 from the Indian Law Clinic, School of Law, University of Montana-Missoula, Missoula, MT 59812, or on the Internet at http://www.umt.edu/law/library/lawbysub/nativeam.htm.
  
  
• Tribal Sovereignty Handbook. Provides information about the current scope of tribal sovereignty. Topics include self-governance, regulatory and adjudicatory jurisdiction, taxation, natural resource development, and doing business in Indian Country, with relevant case law and statutory citations. Winter 1997, 108 pages. Available as a work in progress from the Indian Law Clinic, School of Law, The University of Montana-Missoula, Missoula, MT 59812. Contact Maylinn Smith, Director, at (406) 243-6480 regarding cost and further information.
  
  
• What Can Tribes Do? Strategies and Institutions in American Indian Economic Development, edited by Stephen Cornell and Joseph Kalt. Examines different economic strategies and outcomes designed to promote self-determined economic development based on tribes' own criteria. Available for $15 plus shipping from the Publications Unit, American Indian Studies Center, University of California-Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1548, Fax (310) 206-7060.

"Sovereignty and freedom have no meaning apart from the ability to make informed choices."

Frank Pommersheim
Braid of Feathers, 1995