• Canada's Aboriginal Digital Collections
• The Six Biggest Financial Problems in Aboriginal Business
• Business Economic Development Jobs Careers
• Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia

ACTIVITIES

1. Using your online skills and Canada's Aboriginal Digital Collections, find two aboriginal run businesses for the following categories and explain the workings of these companies:

a) Forestry
b) The Arts
c) Retail (clothing)
d) Industry
e) Tourism (Use Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia)

Given the following sites
The Six Biggest Financial Problems in Aboriginal Business
Business Economic Development Jobs Careers

2. Use the above sites and any other online material you can find do the following project:

Your band has just settled a resource development deal with a major oil company in Canada. The shared profit deal will net your band $5 million. You and the band councilors are looking for a business to invest in which would give you continued economic growth and the maximum amount of employment for your band. As a good guide to setting up this business consult The Six Biggest Financial Problems in Aboriginal Business. In your business development plan you should include and explain the following categories.

a) type of business
b) location
c) amounts of money you are going to invest (detailed account)
d) markets for your business
e) long term goals

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