Business & Economic Development

Law Thesis (LLM)--York University, 2017.

Outlines the history and some challenges facing the coca policy of Evo Morales' government. To access this article, scroll down to page 57.

Related Material: Technical Brief. At-a-Glance Summary. Contributions of Northern Indigenous People.

Infographic. Related material: Full Report. Technical Brief.

Describes the calculation and estimation methods used in the report Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy. Related material: Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy. At-a-Glance Summary.

Organizational Anthropology and International Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1997.

Adapts the OECD Regional Development framework to an Indigenous context. Discusses Indigenous peoples in OECD countries, their regional development challenges, and the need for institutions and governance for overcoming them. Concludes with outline of five key elements of a framework: placed-based view, broad view of progress based self-determined choices, identification of assets, bottlenecks and growth potential and effective forms of governance, strengthening linkages and assessment of progress.

Summarizes discussions which took place during the Expanding the Circle: What Reconciliation and Inclusive Economic Growth Can Mean for Indigenous Peoples and Canada? forums held in 2017 and 2018, and looks at four key recommendations in the areas of procurement, access to capital, capacity development and wealth sharing.

Disaggregated data from the report Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy for the region north of the 53rd parallel. Related material: Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy.

An overview of the current study of Indigenous entrepreneurship, especially the fundamental issue of the relation between entrepreneurship and cultural values. Chapter from Developmental Entrepreneurship: Adversity, Risk, and Isolationedited by Curt Stiles and Craig S Galbraith.

Study gathered information from Canadian Aboriginal writers, directors and producers about current status of the industry, barriers to production, sources of funding, and opportunities to increase the number of films created.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.

Overview of the development of local systems of justice, based on harmony and balance, from within the larger state system. To access this article, scroll down to page 70.

Discussion of aboriginal efforts to improve their socioeconomic status through entrepreneurship and business development fuelled by land claims settlements.

Overview of the Sami in Finland and Sweden and the disruption to reindeer herding because of changes in land use.

Study compares major areas of social and economic well-being, including life expectancy, educational attainment and median income in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Website includes links to materials on consultation, industry, rights framework, governance, decision making, and free, prior and informed consent.

Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.

Discusses how communities are reformulating planning practices and incorporating traditional knowledge, cultural identity, and stewardship over land and resources. Includes a case study of the Oneida Tribal Nation of Wisconsin’s Turtle School.

This First Nations in British Columbia Indigenous Views Blog website covers issues affecting First Nations people & communities. Included are links to Our Peoples, Our Cultures, Leadership & Governance, Economic Development, Natural Resources, Community Development, News & Events, Tools and Resources.

Commentary article critiques the ethics and methods of public opinion polls which claim to represent the sentiments of Indigenous peoples surround sports team names and mascots that draw on the imagery of Indigenous peoples and cultures.

[Economics Thesis] (MDE)--Dalhousie University, 2019.

Article examines gender issues in Sami reindeer herding and government's failure to account for role of women.

Looks at the theory of social capital as it applies to Aboriginal communities and presents the social capital framework that guides its examination in relation to information and communication technology. Also presented is a summary of case descriptions of information and communication technology implementation in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.

[Geography] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2005.

Evaluation of a socio-economic program for the North Coast Tribal Council of British Columbia.

Man and child in craft shop located in Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. [NU]. Title on file: Interior of Eskimo Craftshop.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Massey University, 2007.

Examines the bio-prospecting/bio-piracy debate in the context of traditional knowledge as an important component in an aboriginal economic development strategy.

Website contains links to: news, publications (majority full-text), human rights, environment and development, culture and identity, etc.

Presents an overview of Internet resources that could be useful in the study of entrepreneurship and business development.

Discusses past and current economic development projects and importance of partnerships, business relationships, financing, checks and balances, and feasibility studies.

Five elders of the Sarcee Reserve (ages 48-63) discuss their understanding of Treaty #7.

Frank Halcrow, aged 59, describes: taking of Treaty 8; establishment of reserves at Lesser Slave Lake; current problems due to small size of these reserves. Also tells story of a moose hunting expedition at time of great food shortage.

Short description of Treaty #7: in preliminaries, taking, understanding of, effect on way of life; ana a comparison of Canadian and U.S. treaties.

Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.

Introduction to special issues featuring discussion papers from the "Walleye Seminar" held September 2014 in Northern Saskatchewan.