The return of the Native: The supply elasticity of the American Indian population 1960–1980

We are indebted to Bruce Cain (California Institute of Technology) for the inspiration which led to this paper, and to Richard Morrill (Department of Geography, University of Washington, Seattle), Vincent Monico (Public Affairs Branch, Bureau of Indian Affairs), and Michael Lawson (Tribal Acknowledgments and Research Branch, Bureau of Indian Affairs) for helpful suggestions as to data sources. This research was completed while the first author was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, and was partially supported by NSF Grant #BNS 80-01194 to CASBS Stanford.