Business & Economic Development

Spotlights five designers, sewing centres and the types of clothes produced.

Book review of: Tribal Communities in Rural Areas by Elspeth Young. Review located by scrolling to page 172.

Book review of: The Trouble With Diversity by Walter Benn Michaels.

Discusses the growing global, political, and economic interest in the north.

Describes the standard and nation-building approaches to development, and discusses why one works and the other does not. The authors also make suggestions as to how Indian nations can move from one approach to the other.

Discusses results from the University of Saskatchewan survey Taking the Pulse, 2012. Contains data on Aboriginal issues, health, wellbeing, family, economics, and crime. Scroll down to page 6 to read article.

Looks at improving recruitment and retention of Aboriginal employees.

Website contains information pertaining to economic development, employment opportunities, beneficial social programs and initiatives, and cultural resources and events in Nova Scotia.

Discusses recommendations from a United Nations conference on effects of racism and discrimination on social and economic relations between Indigenous peoples and countries they live in.

Evaluates post colonial economic history of the Choctaw and explores possible weaknesses in previous scholarly opinion.

Chiefs of the Meadow Lake and Prince Albert districts tour proposed Cluff Lake uranium development project to be built by AMOK Ltd.

Reports on thirty individuals in three focus groups on their financial literacy.

Study focused on: education, culture and identity, political representation, housing, economic development, racism, health, economically successful residents, youth issues, and gaps in social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 340.

Loos at the economic and ritual use of cattails.

Regional Planning and Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 1997.

Discusses Treaty 7: events leading up to it; promises made and broken.

Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of life and the traditional foods on the reserve.

The first three years of the First Nations Bank of Canada.

Reviews artwork by Tonita Peña, Georgia O'Keeffe and Helen Hardin. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2013.

Book review of: A Voice on the Land: An Indigenous Peoples' Guide to Forest Certification in Canada, by R. Collier, B. Parfitt, and D. Woollard.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Hampshire, 2011.

Discusses the economic history of Aboriginal people exchanging labour for compensation and the confusion it causes for the resolution of claims.

The project is a First Nations-owned and led electricity transmission initiative to eliminate reliance of diesel generation of power. Study looks at benefits to First Nations, whether it is a good use of government/public funding, overall rate of return from a societal perspective, and one-time and ongoing impacts.

Discusses Aboriginal involvement in agricultural labour and the relationship between workers and employers.

Comments on the level of prosperity in some First Nations and gives possible explanations of how this success has been achieved.

Analyzes a website advertising guesthouses owned and run by a Sámi woman living in the village of Inari, northern Finland.

Describes progress being made in living conditions and prospects for the future on American reservations.

Explains how Sámi use the cultural centres for documentation and preservation of language and heritage.

Looks at several works: Muittalus Samiid Birra by Johan Turi, Terveisiä Lapista by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Saamelaiset by Kirsti Paltto.

Book review of: Rethinking Social Justice: From 'Peoples' to 'Populations' by Tim Rowse.

Report details policy recommendations which the Calgary City Council could implement in order to engage the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) Calls to Action

Article provides a brief biography and then the text of an Interview conducted by the author with Billy Evans Horse.

Summary of findings of dealer survey conducted in Canada and United States. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Shows how tribal government rights are impeded by the Indian tax policy.

Discusses the importance of economic development on reservations and areas where improvements are necessary.

Reviews terms of reference for new Provincial Arts and Crafts Advisory Committee, formed to achieve more direct input in the Arts and Crafts Program being implemented by Indian Affairs.

William Beaver, a 41-year-old councillor at Trout Lake, complains that members of the Bigstone band who live away from Wabasca receive no help from the band, and stresses the need for a reserve in the Trout Lake area, with sports facilities.

Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.

William and Helen Trudeau discuss the traditional ways of gathering, preserving and storing food. They also talk about the origins of some traditional stories. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcribed by J. Greenwood.

William Trudeau talks about the origins of his family. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcriber : J. Greenwood.

William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.

Comanche community in Oklahoma introduced a strategic planning process to restore harmony into the governance process.

Research project on women's participation in community research and development in Northern Ontario

Looks at the transfer of Federal government power and authority to local governments in the Territorial North and the accompanying challenges.

Book review of The Work of Sovereignty by David Kamper.