A Case Study on How Indigenous Community Leadership is “Weeding” Through Emerging Economies

Noah Wilson

doi:10.54056/WNJY8896

Authors

Noah Wilson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54056/WNJY8896

Keywords:

Bureaucracy, Business And Economics, Case studies, Community development, Consortia, Councils, Decision making, Economic development, Economic opportunities, Emerging markets, Ethnic Interests, Leadership, Marijuana, Native North Americans, Planning, Indigenous, Indigenous economic development, Indigenous economic leadership

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