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Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:40 PM by NP Editor

Many people consider the scattered First Nations tribes across Canada as being the lasting stewards of the pristine lands they retain ownership of from old treaties. When we think of condominiums, billboards, and casinos, we’re more apt to think of the relentlessly forward-driving economic engine of the “white man” and his constant development. But times are changing, and so are the natives who are using their land to turn a profit for their bands.

The Squamish nation, in particular, have gained a lot of attention recently in Vancouver with their decision to erect a gigantic digital LED billboard at the south end the Vancouver Burrard Street Bridge. While such sights are common in Toronto and Montreal, the city of Vancouver is more known for breathtaking and unobstructed vistas of the mountains and greenery, or the nearly all-glass skyscrapers of the downtown core.

But now some big development is in the works after First Nations people here signed agreements with the federal and provincial governments. In Ottawa, amendments were made last week to the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act, which allows the Squamish band and other native groups more freedom to do large-scale commercial development.

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