Title: Indigenous land rights in Canada: the foundation for development?

Authors: Robert B. Anderson, Ronald D. Camp II, Leo Paul Dana, Benson Honig, Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda, Ana Maria Peredo

Addresses: Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada. ' Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada. ' Department of Management, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand. ' Faculty of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3C5, Canada. ' Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada. ' Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Drive, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada

Abstract: Throughout the middle decades of the 20th Century, Indigenous people were the target of efforts to assist in economic development. In large part these externally developed, modernisation based efforts failed. In response, a second wave of Indigenous development has emerged; one in which Indigenous peoples are striving to rebuild their ||nations|| and improve their lot through economic development ||on their own terms||. Key to this approach is the pursuit by Indigenous people of the recognition of their rights to their traditional lands and resources. This paper examines the emergence of this second wave of Indigenous development in Canada.

Keywords: indigenous peoples; economic development; land rights; entrepreneurship; Canada; resource rights; indigenous development; corporate social responsibility; CSR.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2005.006809

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2005 Vol.2 No.2, pp.104 - 133

Published online: 15 Apr 2005 *

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