The phrase "aboriginal business" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to businesses that are owned or operated by Indigenous peoples or communities.
Example: "The government is providing grants to support aboriginal business development in the region."
Alternatives: "Indigenous enterprise" or "Native-owned business".
As the Gunditjmara eel farms show, Aboriginal business can have a positive environmental impact.
Last year, when I attended Purpose, the values-led business conference, I discovered the similarities between BCorps and the principles that have always governed Aboriginal business.
But as Aboriginal business owners, we must remember what happened at Coranderrk and equip ourselves for this wave of increased interest.
Jocelyne Soulodre, president of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, which promotes greater involvement in the mainstream economy, said that the Bank of Montreal's commitment "goes back to a time when it was fairly unusual".
Our partners include Habitat for Humanity, the Greening of Detroit, Boy Scouts of America, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.
But J.P. Gladu, CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business — a group that advocates for Indigenous businesses — sees it another way.
In spite of the successes, Mr. Jamieson said that "the reviews would be mixed" on the record of aboriginal businesses.
More than 20,000 aboriginal businesses have sprung up in recent years, including casinos and hotels to take advantage of the growing tourism trade and even a winery in British Columbia.
The private sector can certainly do its bit and is bending over backwards in the absence of that government commitment". A recent batch of contracts between Aboriginal businesses and Fortescue or its contractor Leighton, worth around $500m, took the total to more than $1bn, Fortescue confirmed to Guardian Australia.
Notably, they are promised "preferred access to employment opportunities," training incentives, contracts for aboriginal businesses, and $20.4 million paid out to the band over 35 years.
Aboriginal-owned business, Indigi Lab, promotes Indigenous science, while also encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to take up Stem careers.
