Business

Briefly outlines existing programs and discusses issues from the perspective of the off-reserve population..

Profile of Peter Tapetai, owner of a successful trucking enterprise.

Discusses client's experiences using fringe banking services and the role of discrimination and 'forced marginalization'.

Profile of a First Nation owned federally chartered trust company in Canada.

Summarizes results of discussions held in focus groups involving 27 entrepreneurs and survey completed by 25 of those participants. Some of the challenges identified were disparity in funding opportunities, lack of awareness of support systems, credit and financial literacy, and issues of access to business services, training, internet service and workspace.

An examination of appropriation of traditional crafts through the creation and marketing of how-to-guides and kits in the early twentieth century. Focuses on works written by George Wharton James.

Discussion on basketmaking as a viable economic alternative to gambling and as a assertion of tribal sovereignty, by continuing Wabanaki traditions.

Comments on Aboriginal self-employment and its growth.

Member companies reported on engagement, employment, education, procurement/supplier diversity and community partnerships.

Brief business case study of jewelry-maker Clifford Paul from the Membertou First Nation.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2010.

Report highlights the progress that industry and First Nations communities have made together and what challenges will be faced in the future.

Personal narratives from family members who run a bed and breakfast in Prince George, B.C. Duration: 13:23.

Comparison with non-Aboriginals using statistics on employment, income and education, as well as suggestions for developing three new indicators: governance, land and resources, and entrepreneurship and business development.

Report compiles and analyzes information on Aboriginal forestry activity in Canada for the Canadian Forest Service (CFS).

Website provides information about benefits and programs including education and training, income assistance and more.

Filmmaker screens and briefly discusses the short Share the Wealth, and the documentary Weaving Worlds. Duration: 1:22:37.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2002.

Guide provides Aboriginal perspective on "consultation in good faith" and outlines practices needed to gain positive results for First Nations in British Columbia.

Speaker discusses her blog, which she developed to critique cultural appropriation by mainstream designers and retailers, and the online boutique she created to promote products made by Indigenous people. Duration: 17:45.

Books and articles published in academic journals.

In partnership with the government of Manitoba, the company will forge contacts with Aboriginal companies to encourage careers in Information Technology (IT) .

Comments on the Business Development Bank of Canada's E-Spirit Business Plan Competition for Youth which was held in Regina, Saskatchewan, with over 200 Aboriginal high school student entrepreneurs in attendance. Article located by scrolling to page 26.

Law Thesis (M.LL.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Looks at the interaction between social capital and entrepreneurship in Aboriginal communities in Canada.

Book reviews of: The Real World of Canadian Politics: Cases in Process and Policy edited by Robert M. Campbell, Leslie A. Pal, and Michael Hewlett. Reinventing Canada: Politics of the 21st Century edited by Janine Brodie and Linda Trimble. Canadian Politics edited by James Bikerton and Alain-G. Gagnon.

Book reviews of 7 books: Self-Determination in Native Education in the Circumpolar North, Proceedings of the Seminar: Inuit Control of Inuit Education edited by Malcolm Farrow & David Wilman. Out of the Background: Readings in Canadian Native History edited by Robin Fisher and Kenneth Coates. Indian School Days by Basil H.

Book review of: If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans by Peter H. Eichstaedt.

Brief case study of how company dealt with the industry trend towards hiring larger engineering, procurement, and construction firms rather than smaller contractors. It eventually partnered with Carillion plc.

Looks at Bowman Books Publishing whose main focus is Indigenous writing and oral tradition from the Northeast United States.

Mass Communication Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2008.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2008.

Poster advertising an exhibit at the Park County Historical Archives relating to the Irma Hotel, built in 1902 by Buffalo Bill Cody.

Historical note:

Buffalo Bill Cody helped found Cody, Wyoming in 1895, and established his TE Ranch in the area. In 1902, he built the Irma Hotel, which he called "just the sweetest hotel that ever was." Buffalo Bill maintained two suites and an office at the hotel for his personal use.

Identifies a lack of infrastructure as contributing to the high cost of doing business on First Nations' land.

Study examines local capacity for local business creation by conducting a needs assessment of knowledge, skills and required training and creation of a supportive social-political environment.

Eleven case studies on best practices in business/Aboriginal partnerships.

Describes a program in Saskatchewan at the Montreal Lake First Nation that teaches at risk youth a meaningful trade and how to attain self-sufficiency.

Explores early First Nations trading and business ventures, as well as present-day small businesses, including the Cree Way gas station in Saskatoon.

Discusses the donors responsible for raising money to build a community center which will house, among other things, a grocery store, Kids First program and a multi-purpose room. Article located by scrolling to page 9.

Public Policy Thesis (MPP)--University of Regina, 2019.

Reviews an alternative theory for economic development provding commentary on its relevance.

Netchain analysis dealing with harvested bush tomatoes sold by Aboriginal people to non-Aboriginal people. Identifies relationships in the chain as being of value.

Looks at a paper presented at the, Value(s) Added: Sharing Voices on Aboriginal Economic Development: A Practitioner/Multidisciplinary Conference, and highlights the model of economic development created by Rebecca Adamson and Sherry Salway Black.

Created to assist Aboriginal entrepreneurs in their efforts to establish successful enterprises.

Article profiles the corporation, with a special emphasis on its initiatives related to Aboriginal business and community partnerships.