A couple of our graduate business classes this term are exploring Indigenous business and economic development -- a theme that we expect will appear in more classes at all levels in the coming years.

We wrote a post recently about Business and BC's Indigenous Communities to explore some of the many resources available to help students who are working on such assignments.

Today we thought we'd add some additional resources, but this time with a focus on sources that go deeper into the topic and provide more comprehensive information than is typically available on web pages and in articles: ebooks and books! For instance...

In general, finding books in our SFU Library Catalogue about Canada's Indigenous Peoples can be difficult and frustrating. The terms used to describe such books in most library catalogues are often archaic and definitely inconsistent. You'll see subjects such as Aboriginal, Indigenous, Native, and even Indian being used, as well as terms for specific Indigenous communities and nations such as Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Aside from any discussion of the appropriateness or accuracy of these terms, their sheer inconsistency is a barrier to good searching. We're working on cleaning that mess up, but since these are standard terms used across thousands of libraries, substantial changes can take some time. 

To help you find titles relevant to Indigenous business topics in the meantime, we've included detailed search instructions -- complete with links to pre-run searches -- in our Library guide for Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership.

• Tsleil-Waututh Nation's history, culture and Aboriginal interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet 
• As I remember it : teachings (Ɂəms taɁaw) from the life of a Sliammon elder 
• Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands
• Living on the edge : Nuu-chah-nulth history from an Ahousaht chief's perspective
• Tsawalk : a Nuu-chah-nulth worldview
• Principles of tsawalk : an indigenous approach to global crisis 
• Building stability into BC First Nations economies : The role of governance and community (SFU thesis - MPP program - more like this)
• Indigenous Organization Studies : exploring management, business and community 
• Indigenous and Ethnic Empowerment: Parity, Equity and Strategy
• Closing the well-being gap through improved First Nation governance
• Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous Business in Canada: Principles and Practices
• Rebirth: Political, Economic and Social Development in First Nations 
• The First Entrepreneurs : Natural Resource Development and First Nations 
• The reconciliation manifesto : recovering the land, rebuilding the economy 
• Aboriginal peoples and forest lands in Canada
• Planning co-existence : aboriginal issues in forest and land use planning
• Decolonizing Employment: Aboriginal Inclusion in Canada's Labour Market
• Indigenous Encounters with Neoliberalism: Place, Women, and the Environment in Canada and Mexico 
• Business Implications of Aboriginal Law 
• Resource rulers : fortune and folly on Canada's road to resources
• Tiller's guide to Indian country : economic profiles of American Indian reservations 
• Reclaiming Culture : Indigenous People and Self-Representation
• Indigenous People and Economic Development: An International Perspective
• Engaging Indigenous Economy : Debating diverse approaches (Australian perspective)
• Indigenous Tourism: Cases from Australia and New Zealand (Remember that some lateral thinking is required for good research: can you learn from the experiences of others as you plan local initiatives?)