Business
Expanding Nahmah Miigwan Services
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nina Kent
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of consulting company that works exclusively with First Nations communities to build reilience in communities through Ontario Works employment programming.
Experiences Conducting a Store in the '80's.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Clinkskill
Description
This article describes James Clinkskill's arrival, with a business partner, in Battleford in the early 1880s . Also lists prices for furs of fox, lynx and other animals. Also contains mention of the Northwest Resistance, 'halfbreed freighters', trading with trappers and traders for furs and with Indians for seneca root, and providing flour for the Indian Department.
Experiences of Starting and Conducting a Store in Saskatchewan in the Early ‘80s.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Clinkskill
Saskatchewan History, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1964, pp. 24-30
Description
Memoirs from James Clinkskill, Battleford store owner and member of the North-West Territories Legislative Assembly. Describes the processes of trade, his experience dealing with the Métis freighters and government agents, and the impact of the North-West Resistance on his business.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 24.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Vic Robertson Tire Service Truck
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
John W. Gibson
Description
Black and white photograph of the Vic Robertson Tire Service truck which uses an idealized image of the Indigenous person to advertise Pathfinder tires. Standing on the back of the truck is an Indigenous man in an elaborate romanticized traditional outfit. The owners of the truck stand in front.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Non - Indigenous Man Buying Buffalo Horns from Indigenous Woman
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a non-indigenous man examining the buffalo horns an Indigenous woman is selling.
Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Non - Indigenous Man with Dog Buying Horns from Indigenous Woman
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a non-indigenous man examining the buffalo horns an Indigenous woman is selling.
Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Facilitating Aboriginal Entrepreneurship: A Review of Best Practices, Notable Practices and Next Practices
Alternate Title
Assessing the Business Information Needs of Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in British Columbia: Best Practices
E-Books
Author/Creator
John McBride
Jean-Claude Ndungutse
Description
Identifies eleven organizations from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, United States and Australia.
Farming Muskoxen for Qiviut in Alaska: A Feasibility Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Starr
Joshua Greenberg
Janice Rowell
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 1, March 2017, pp. [77]-85
Description
Examines principal economic variables of a hypothetical, established farm in order to evaluate its sustainable economic potential.
Feast: Growing Indigenous Food Tourism in Ontario
Alternate Title
Indigenous Food Tourism: Standards and Best Practices Checklist
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trevor Jonas Benson
Caroline Morrow
Camilo Montoya-Guevara
James Arteaga
Description
Explains the development and key features of a five-year strategic plan designed to increase business opportunities in the sector.
Related material:
Indigenous Food Tourism: Standards and Best Practices Checklist.
Final Report: Patterns of Employment, Unemployment and Poverty: Part One
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
Jeremy Hull
Neil Loughran
Description
Primary data sources are the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey and the 1991 Census.
Part two: A Comparative Analysis of Several Aspects of the Employment Experience of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians Using 1991 Census Public Use Microdata.
Financing SMEs in Canada: Barriers Faced by Women, Youth, Aboriginal and Minority Entrepreneurs in Accessing Capital--Phase 1: Literature Review
Alternate Title
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Financing Data Initiative
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ted Heidrick
Tracy Nichol
Description
Financing SMEs in Canada: Barriers Faced by Women, Youth, Aboriginal and Minority Entrepreneurs in Accessing Capital — Phase 2: Gap Analysis and Recommendations for Further Research
Alternate Title
Barriers Faced by Women, Youth, Aboriginal and Minority Entrepreneurs in Accessing Capital: Phase 2
Research Paper prepared for the Small Business Policy Branch as part of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Financing Data Initiative
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ted Heidrick
Sherill Johnson
Description
First Nation Onion Lake Pow Wow - Onion Lake Reservation Seekaskootch Tribe Sept. 2001. - Slides.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Series of images of road signs and buildings on the Onion Lake First Nation. The signs are a map of the First Nation and a tribute to Seekaskootch, "Guardian of the People." Also shown is the Onion Lake Homemakers building with an Aboriginal woman standing on the front steps, and an exterior view of Walter's Pool Hall.
First Nation's New Shoots: Stacks of Books Have Been Published About Native People, Now They're Being Published by Them
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sue Sutton
Quill & Quire, vol. 61, no. 12, December 1995, p. 10
Description
Looks at some of the institutions and people who are publishing and the reasons for publishing, for example, the Yinka-Dene Language Institute is publishing to preserve the Carrier-Sekani language, history, and culture.
First Nation Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Canada
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Warren I. Weir
Description
Discusses Aboriginal organizations and how they play an active role in supporting movements by Aboriginal peoples in regaining control and authority over their own economic, social and political affairs.
First Nations Effective Practices: Getting Things Done in Aboriginal Communities, Businesses and Organizations
Alternate Title
Research and Analysis Directorate Reports
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research and Analysis Directorate
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Compilation of 14 case study reports of initiatives in areas of education, economic development, community problem-solving, environmental and organizational management, service delivery, housing, and conducting negotiations.
First Nations to Benefit from Improved Internet Access
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 21
Description
Reports on the joint venture of three Indigenous organizations that created the first inter-provincial community-owned-and-operated broadband satellite in Canada to serve northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
The Flavours of the Indigenous: Branding Native Food Products in Contemporary Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Craw
Sites, vol. 5, no. 1, New Series, 2008, pp. 41-62
Description
Using examples of commercial packaging, investigates why connections to Aboriginality might be considered desirable when branding and marketing foods which are native to the continent.
Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas C. Harris and Peter Millerd
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 82-107
Description
Looks at characteristics and meaning of Aboriginal fishing rights within context of in Canadian law and goals of effective management and fair distribution.
Former PM Offers Encouragement For Young Entrepreneurs
Alternate Title
Former Primer Minister Offers Encouragement For Young Entrepreneurs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 16
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneur Program, open to students at the Oskayak High School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which is designed to develop business skills and to encourage youth to stay in school.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Frazer's Museum: Storehouse Of History
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan
Graham Guest
Description
John Frazer's Museum in Beauval. Page one: pictures of a ceremonial chair, herb grinder and John Frazer with axe heads. Page two: pictures of outboard motors, learning wood carving, museum visitors, two wheel cart.
From This Native Land: Towards a 'New Understanding' of Brian Jungen's Nike Masks and the Cultural Implications of Bricolage
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christian Froschauer
CUJAH: Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History, vol. 1, [2004-2005], p. [?]
Description
Argues that the transformation of a consumer good into Northwest Coast style masks is a commentary on both the exploitation of sweatshop workers and the commodification of First Nations' symbols.
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Wallace
Sherry Ambridge
Christopher Gardner
Allan Howard
Christina Lai ... [et al.]
Description
Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.
The Fundamental Laws: Codification for Decolonization?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd L. Lee
Decolonization, vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, pp. 117-131
Description
Discusses how ancestral law and traditional practices of the Diné are understood and applied by the Navajo Nation Council and other cultural and environmental organizations.