Indigenous health and well-being
NCIED business faculty champion, Dr. Brent Mainprize, describes the nature of the inter-cultural approach as a path to Indigenous economic development that is so fundamental to success:
Mainstream entrepreneurship is focused on the commercialization of innovation within an individualism paradigm (i.e. “I will increase my personal wealth”). A prime motive for Indigenous peoples’ desire for self-determination is preservation of heritage within a collectivism paradigm (i.e. “Increasing the wealth of our community and the richness of our culture”). The challenge is to understand the dynamic potential inherent in heritage and a collectivist paradigm, not simply regard it as a roadblock to future-oriented commercial development.
—Dr. Brent Mainprize
It is important to note the interconnectedness of Indigenous economy and community. Economic and social systems contribute to the well-being of the community. Effective economic development strategies adhere to Indigenous identity and traditional values of sustainable use of resources and revitalization of culture. Indicators of economic success include improved socio-economic conditions, self-governance, housing, high school and post-secondary completion rates and family wellness.
2010-present
Atleo, E.R., & Umeek. (2011). Principles of Tsawalk. An Indigenous approach to global crisis. UBC Press.
Simpson, L. (2011). Dancing on our turtle’s back: Stories of Nishnaabeg re-creation, resurgence and a new emergence. ARP Books.
Andersen, C. (2014). Métis: Race, recognition, and the struggle for indigenous peoplehood. UBC Press.
Coulthard, G. S. (2014). Red skin, white masks: Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition. U of Minnesota Press.
Metallic, N. (2016). Indian Act By-Laws: A Viable Means for First Nations to (Re) Assert Control Over Local Matters Now and Not Later. UNBLJ, 67, 211.
Dhillon, J. (2017). Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention. University of Toronto Press.
2005-2009
Martin, T., Curran, A., & Lapierre, J. (2006). Banking in Winnipeg’s Aboriginal and Impoverished Neighbourhood. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 26(2), 331.
Turner, D. A. (2006). This is not a peace pipe: Towards a critical indigenous philosophy. University of Toronto Press.
Anderson, R., & Bone, R. (2009). Integrating environmental and social sustainability: Corporations and Aboriginal people and the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline. Natural Resources and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 509–525.
Murphy, M. (2009). Prisons of Culture: Judicial Constructions of Indigenous Rights in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Revue Du Barreau Canadien, 87, 357–390.
1990-2004
Kirkness, V. J., & Barnhardt, R. (1991). First Nations and higher education: The four R’s—Respect, relevance, reciprocity, responsibility. Journal of American Indian Education, 1–15.
Borrows, J. (1996). The trickster: integral to a distinctive culture. Constitutional Forum., 8, 27.
Morse, B. W. (1996). Permafrost Rights: Aboriginal Self-Government and the Supreme Court in R. v. Pamajewon. McGill LJ, 42, 1011.
Macklem, P. (2001). Indigenous difference and the Constitution of Canada. University of Toronto Press.
Henderson, J. Y. (2002). Postcolonial Indigenous legal consciousness. Indigenous LJ, 1, 1.
McNeil, K. (2002). Self-Government and the Inalienability of Aboriginal Title. McGill LJ 47, 473.
McNeil, K. (2003). Challenging Legislative Infringements of the Inherent Aboriginal Right of Self-Government. Windsor YB Access Just., 22, 329.