Native American Projects

List of Publications

All of the publications contained in the following list were based on projects organized and conducted by Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) and/or Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity (OIO). AIO can be contacted at 681 Juniper Hill Road, Bernalillo. NM 87004 USA, Tel: 505-867-0534. OIO can be contacted at 3001 S. Berry Suite B Norman, OK 73072 USA, Tel: 405-329-8488. Both AIO and OIO have conducted numerous additional projects with Native American groups. Professor Broome was personally involved with all the projects described in the publications listed below.  He would like to express special appreciation to Ladonna Harris, founder and director of AIO, for her comments and suggestions, and her encouragement to write and publish these articles and book chapters.


Harris, Ladonna; Sachs, Stephen M.; and Broome, B. J.  (2001).  Wisdom of the People: Potential and Pitfalls in Efforts by the Comanches to Recreate Traditional Ways of Building Consensus.  The American Indian Quarterly, 25 (1), 114-134.

Broome, B. J. (1994). The role of facilitated group process in community-based planning and design: Promoting greater participation in Comanche Tribal governance. In L. R. Frey (Ed.), Innovations in group facilitation: Applications in Natural Settings (pp. 27-52). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Harris, Ladonna, Sachs, Steve and Broome, B. J. (1996). Returning to Harmony: A Comanche effort to reactivate the wisdom of the people. Native Americas Journal of Indigenous Issues, 13(3), 48-53.

Broome, B. J. (1995). Collective Design of the Future: Structural Analysis of Tribal Vision Statements. American Indian Quarterly, 19(2), 205-228.

Broome, B. J. (1991). Bridging the Gulf Between Two Realities: Personal Reflection and Essay. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 15, 323-326.

Broome, B. J. and Cromer, I. L. (1991). Stragegic planning for Tribal economic development: A culturally appropriate model for consensus building. International Journal of Conflict Management, 2(3), 217-233.

Broome, B. J. and Christakis, A. N. (1988). A culturally-sensitive approach to Tribal governance issue management. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 12, 107-123.