American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 560-589
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Article examines the adoption of Western farming practices by the Nez Perce and the shift from a fishing-based economy to a Euro-American agriculture economy in the context of social power and cultural scale.
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 18, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 153-170
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Looks at the freight moved by Native American entrepreneurs for government contractors, federal agencies, traders, the military and for private individuals.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 100-108
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Discusses the economic revival and predominant theories of rural development, specifically the traditional approach of staples and dependency theory, as well as perspectives grounded in theories of globalization.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 129-140
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Looks at a project to harvest and market muskox meat, horns, hides, and quiviut (textile-grade soft body hair) to embed sustainable renewable resource development within traditional Inuvialuit culture.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Shifting Cultivation, 2005, pp. 4-5
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Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on land use by Indigenous people called swidden agriculture or shifting cultivation.
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Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 27-29
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Editors' introduction to the issue themed, "The State of the Aboriginal Economy."
Uses the example of an agreement between the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations and British Columbia to demonstrate linkages between environmental and socio-political aspects of natural resources.
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 18, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 189-200
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Looks at the transformation of traditional Sámi entrepreneurship due to changes in European Union regulations and Finnish laws that lack cultural sensitivity.
Labour/Le Travail, no. 55, Spring, 2005, pp. 233-243
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Books reviewed: In the Shadows of the State: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 by Steve Striffler.
Cutting the Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil by Sue Branford and Jan Rocha.
Feeding the Market: South American Farmers, Trade and Globalization by John Hellin and Sophie Higman.
Addresses the serious conditions that contribute to poverty among Aboriginal peoples and explores ways to ensure that they can fully benefit from and contribute to Canada’s prosperity.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 30-70
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Discusses how economic security is fundamental to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, and that there is a need for changes in government policy to allow Aboriginal people to become full participants in Canadian society without having to give up their culture or treaty rights.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 27-46
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Discusses the decline of Indigenous modes of production stemming from the wage-labour economy introduced by the Hudson Bay Company and its expansion into agriculture, fishing and lumbering.
Policy outlines Alberta's approach to how it will meet its consultation responsibilities and Alberta's expectations of resource companies and First Nations in achieving the goal of increasing certainty for all parties with respect to land management and resource development activities.
Postcolonial Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, 2005, pp. 261-276
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Looks at connection between Indigenous oral history and historiography described in a Waitangi Tribunal report released from the Whanganui River Inquiry.