SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS IN FIRST NATIONS BUSINESSES: AN EXPLORATION OF ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT

In 2001,2.78% (or 27,195) of the overall Aboriginal population was self-employed.3 The number of self-employed Aboriginals in Canada has rapidly swelled. Since 1996, it has increased by 30.7%, which is nine times higher than the growth rate of self-employed Canadians overall (3.3%) (Aboriginal Entre...

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Published inCanadian journal of native studies Vol. 32; no. 2; p. 77
Main Author Tada, Kanae
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 01.07.2012
Subjects
Beliefs
Business
Cultural Influences
Economic Status
Family Income
Free Enterprise System
Influence
Native American studies
Native business enterprises
Native North Americans
Researchers
Social Systems
Traditions
Unemployment
Values
World Views
Ontario Canada
Canada
Quebec Canada
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Summary:In 2001,2.78% (or 27,195) of the overall Aboriginal population was self-employed.3 The number of self-employed Aboriginals in Canada has rapidly swelled. Since 1996, it has increased by 30.7%, which is nine times higher than the growth rate of self-employed Canadians overall (3.3%) (Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in 2002).4 Federal policies have included programs that support individual businesses managed by Native peoples, as well as recent programs to provide financial assistance for aboriginal community businesses (Frideres & Gadacz, 2008, pp. 384-7). According to this group of scholars, Native peoples were able to adapt to and join the Western market economy (Knight, 1978; Burrows, 1986; Dunk, 1987). According to these scholars, since "the structural-historical realities of the periphery are the direct result of the expansion of core capitalism into the periphery, in search of raw materials" (Haddad & Spivey, 1992, p. 206), the Natives' relationship with the mainstream economy was exploitive for Native society. According to some analysts, the welfare reforms and the market and Industry regulations that many European countries established after World War II represented the process of re-embedding society.
ISSN:0715-3244