In episode 1B, Dr. Bruce Thompson and Dr. Brian Ballantyne continue their discussion about valued ecosystem impacts that can affect an Environmental Impact Assessment.

In episode 1A, Dr. Bruce Thompson and Dr. Brian Ballantyne talk about what valued ecosystems are and how they are important in an Environmental Impact Assessment.

The conversation today is with Cris Stainbrook. Cris, Oglala Lakota, has been working in philanthropy for 25 years and has been President of Indian Land Tenure Foundation since its inception in 2002. ILTF is an American, community-based organization focused on American Indian land recovery and management.

Recorded on September 23, 2020.

Indian Land Tenure Foundation: www.iltf.org
The Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) is a national, community-based organization serving American Indian nations and people in the recovery and control of their rightful homelands. We work to promote education, increase cultural awareness, create economic opportunity, and reform the legal and administrative systems that prevent Indian people from owning and controlling reservation lands.

First Nations Tax Commission: www.fntc.ca
The mission of the FNTC is to help First Nation governments build and maintain fair and efficient property tax regimes and to ensure those First Nation communities, and their taxpayers alike, receive the maximum benefit from those systems.The FNTC is also about creating the legal, administrative and infrastructural framework necessary for markets to work on First Nation lands, creating a competitive First Nation investment climate, and using economic growth as the catalyst for greater First Nation self-reliance.

Fiscal Realities: http://www.fiscalrealities.com/
Fiscal Realities Economists conducts economic research and analysis, develops innovative solutions, and advises and advocates for public, First Nation and private sector clients.

Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics: www.tulo.ca
The Tulo Centre is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to renewing Indigenous economics by providing applied programs to enhance the capacity of Indigenous communities.

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Intro and outro song: John Jules

Cover art work: Chief Commissioner Jules

This conversation between Te Maire Tau, Director of the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury and First Nations Tax Commission Chief Commissioner, C.T. Manny Jules serves as an introduction to the course Topics in Indigenous Economics.