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ISS 315
Ethnicity Inc
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Undergraduate 2
11/01/2011

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Wheeler Howard Act
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First legal act to make indians able to form corporations, and to create/promote constitutions and congregate.
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Indian Reorganization Act
Definition
Conserving and developing indian land and resources.
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Alaskan Claim Settlement
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Turned Indian land into real estate.
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Casino Capitalism
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Market driven approach to culture and economic decision making. Unregulated economics.
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First Indian group to Succeed
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Seminals of South Florida
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Blood Quantum
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Amount of blood needed for membership and also to receive Indian Rights. (1/4)
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Dimension of the Identity Business: Belonging (inclusion/exclusion)
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Process of incorporation are typically accompanied by a growing stress on blood and biology.
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Dimension of the Identity Business: ethno genesis
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Commerce creates ethnicity not the other way around.
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Dimension of the Identity Business: Capital
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These corporations are set in motion by venture capitalists mostly.
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Dimension of the Identity Business: culture
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ethno-entriprise is always mandated by cultural difference it may not originate in , or have much to do with, the content of that difference.
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Dimension of the Identity Business: sovereign existence
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once recognized, usually a lot of political and economical exertion is asserted towards the state.
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Dimension of the Identity Business: territory
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the process of becoming an ethnic corporation generally involves and begins with a land claim.
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Seventh Dimension of the Identity Business:
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Comodification of Culture; complicates the first six.
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Hoodia Plant
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A plant of indian culture that suppresses human appetite. Company patented for diet pill and said the Indians were dead. Which was a lie and the Indians sued.
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Bafokeng Tribe
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Richest tribe in Africa due to platinum. The originally lost land from settlers, moved and became farmers. They found platinum on their farms and protected themselves from foreigners. Ended up finding the worlds largest supply of platinum.
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Position the Book Takes
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Neutral look, not a new idea.
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Who benefits from Ethnicity inc? Who Suffers?
Definition
Large groups and those that sell their culture benefits, small groups and those who don't sell their culture suffer
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Corporation
Definition
A number of people legally authorized to act as a single individual.
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