Aaron sits down with Darwin Hanna to discuss First Nations Economic Development. The two dive into the the process for Indigenous communities to develop their own economies, the challenges they face, and the legal tools they can utilize. 

Darwin Hanna is a a member of the Nlaka’pmux Nation from the community of Lytton. He is an author, lawyer, adjunct professor with Peter A. Allard School of Law, and director with the piyeʔwiʔx kt Language Foundation Society. Darwin Hanna is a founding partner of Callison & Hanna, which focuses on Aboriginal Law. For the past 21 years, he has been an Adjunct Professor at the Allard School of Law at UBC and has taught First Nations and Economic Development.  He is the author of Legal Issues on Indigenous Economic Development published by LexisNexis. He is a member of the working group of officials to explore how UNDRIP will be implemented in the NWT.

Learn more about Callison & Hanna: https://www.chlaw.ca/

Buy his book on First Nations Economic Development: https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/categories/product/legal-issues-on-indigenous-economic-development-skusku-cad-6596/details

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