Open AccessLes nations indiennes, source inattendue d’innovation
Author(s) -
Marie-Claude Strigler
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
lisa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1762-6153
DOI - 10.4000/lisa.2262
Subject(s) - colonialism , goods and services , tribe , identity (music) , natural (archaeology) , ethnology , economy , political science , economic growth , sociology , geography , business , development economics , economics , law , aesthetics , archaeology , art
Economic development is usually conceived as the utilization and development of natural and human resources available to produce marketable goods and services which may be exchanged with other segments of society for other goods and services. Far from being fossilized societies, prisoners of their colonial past, Indian nations have always innovated in this domain, using their traditions to find new and original solutions to their economic problems, while securing their cultural identity. There is a renewal of Indian cultures whenever a tribe’s traditions and values are the basis of its development