The author does a fantastic job of demonstrating the intersection of kinship, the informal economy, ceremonial exchanges of goods, government assistance programs, and the cash economy on the reservation, Ft. Berthold, which is home to the Three Affiliated Tribes, the Mandan, the Arikara and the Hidatsa, in North Dakota the three tribes settled there in the 1860’s. …show more content…
This is an economy where women pursue mixed income strategies by combining wage work, leasing their land, raising stock, making crafts and various forms of government