We used our jurisdiction to create a public and community sector that supported many innovations in agriculture, land and resource management, products, transportation, science, math, and of course Art.2  Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics, “2021 Symposium on Indigenous Economies” (November 29, 2021). 2  -3-  The forces of colonization and assimilation brutally suppressed this vitality, but the Indigenous spirit proves resilient.
We all share the responsibility to help restore this prosperity by advancing the objectives of economic reconciliation as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.3 Indigenous peoples deserve equitable access to education, employment and economic opportunity. The resulting benefits would be substantial for Indigenous communities because their standards of living would dramatically improve.