Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development
Description
Profiles select initiatives developed by the Eel River Bar First Nation, Labrador Inuit Development Corporation, Lennox Island First Nation, and Membertou, a Mi'kmaw community.
Discusses how British Columbia businesses are developing working relationships with First Nations and positioning themselves as leaders in British Columbia’s changing economic climate.
Social and Economic Review of the Impact of Land Survey and Registration Systems on Canada Lands: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hickling Arthurs Low Technology Management and Economics
Description
Paper's information based on: literature review, interviews, case studies and a workshop. Primary focus is First Nations groups but also includes information on the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), offshore and national parks.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 45-64
Description
Combines data, compiled by Joseph Jorgensen, looking at a variety of pre-reservation cultural characteristics for eighty groups in the western United States with data from the 1990 United States Census to evaluate the economic development of those tribes involved.
Looks at a strategy to identify and share information to support strategic planning for Nunavut’s economic development; and looks at issues related to the land, people and communities in addition to more traditional economic concerns.
Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal People
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
pp. 147-165
Description
Discusses the concept of new middle classes and its implications in regards to the social interactions, economic possibilities, and political alignments that are affecting Aboriginal people and their relations with both one another and within Canadian society.
Chapter from Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples edited by David Newhouse and Evelyn Peters.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 75-82
Description
Author reflects on issues faced while dealing with housing for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and effects of capitalism on cultural and social institutions.
The file contains a pamphlet made by the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority and the Saskatoon Tribal Council regarding a proposed new casino for downtown Saskatoon. The pamphlet encourages people to vote yes in an upcoming referendum by explaining the multiple economic benefits of a downtown casino. "Yes. A Destination Casino: It's not a gamble. Look at the facts."
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 86-100
Description
Article contends that the, "jobs and income" approach doesn't work. The "nation-building" approach succeeds because an environment is created in which people want to invest.