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Indigenous Economic Development Assignment -

Q1. Based on the film 'Dancing in Both Worlds' describing the Nisga'a treaty, please provide 3 reasons for why you think the Nisga'a were successful in achieving the first modern treaty in Canada.

Q2. The website IQQAUMAVARA contains many interviews with individuals that experienced the Inuit relocations of the 1950s/1960s. Please choose one of these interviews and summarize the person's comments.

Q3. This question concerns poverty traps:

a. What is an example of a poverty trap?

b. Using the example from part a., draw the modified Solow model graph presented in class and describe why k* is a poverty trap.

Q4. In Lecture 6 (slide 27), a number of benefits are listed which are not immediately in monetary terms. In particular, the benefits of reduced crime, youth empowerment, environmental improvements, reduced domestic violence and decreased addictions are not in monetary terms. Describe how you would quantify 2 of these benefits in order to decipher the net benefit (total benefits - total costs) of a community development project.

Q5. According to the Joint Keeyask Development Agreement (JKDA), how would total economic benefits (assuming 2.5% Preferred Equity) for a) the construction period of the dam and b) the operational period of the dam differ if in O'Gorman and Buckland (2014) a multiplier of 2.5 were used. Please show your work.

Q6. Using the paper "Modern Land Claim Agreements and Northern Canadian Aboriginal Communities" by James Saku (World Development, 30(1), pp. 141-151), answer the question: have modern treaties improved economic and social conditions in northern Canadian communities? Please cite 4 results from Table 5 and Table 7 in the paper that provide evidence for your opinion.