| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
| A Note on Tribal Names, Toponyms, and Spellings | |
| Contributors | |
| Prologue: Tribes, Trusteeship, and Resource Management | |
| Pt. I | Trusteeship: Balancing Realty and Resource Management | |
| 1 | Colorado Game Laws and the Dispossession of the Inherent Hunting Right of the White River and Uncompahgre Utes | 15 |
| 2 | Land Tenure and Agricultural Productivity in Indian Country | 35 |
| 3 | For the Public Good: Native Americans, Hydroelectric Dams, and the Iron Triangle | 55 |
| 4 | American Indian Timber Management Policy: Its Evolution in the Context of U.S. Forest History | 73 |
| Pt. II | Tribalism: Encouraging Indian Participation | |
| 5 | "If the cattle are going to die, let them die": Tohono O'odham and New Deal Conservation | 115 |
| 6 | The Rosebud Tribe and the Creation of TLE, 1943-1955: A Case of Tribal Heirship Land Management | 145 |
| 7 | Indian Cultural, Historical, and Sacred Resources: How Tribes, Trustees, and the Citizenry Have Invoked Conservation | 165 |
| 8 | A Sovereign Prescription for Preservation: The Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness | 195 |
| Pt. III | Self-Determination: Pursuing Indigenous and Multiagency Management | |
| 9 | Tribes and States: A Political Geography of Indian Environmental Jurisdiction | 239 |
| 10 | Negotiated Water Settlements: Environmentalists and American Indians | 265 |
| 11 | Traditional Knowledge and Tribal Partnership on the Kaibab National Forest with an Emphasis on the Hopi Interagency Management | 281 |
| 12 | Indigenous Planning and Resource Management | 303 |
| Epilogue | 315 |
| Bibliographical Note | 321 |
| Glossary | 327 |
| Index to Cases | 337 |
| Index | 339 |