“When you look at the landscape of economic development and Indigenous economic growth in Canada and the U.S., you have to keep in mind that history is still…
“Yes, economy,” Hubbard said. “But also wellness.”
But by the turn of the century, all but about 500 bison had been slaughtered — a collapse that happened in some regions within a decade. People lost the bison around the same time they were being moved onto difficult-to-leave reservations. As well, those bison-dependent nations had relatively fewer nearby banks than other nations, Feir said.Article content
“Because there was this large economic shock and you restricted the ability of people to adjust to this shock, you end in a poverty trap.”American data suggests the bison-dependent nations lagged behind other First Nations in manufacturing and employment industries. In-migration was lower until the 1980s. That data suggests economic hardship persists, with per capita income 25 per cent lower for bison-dependent nations than other First Nations.
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