This course is a compulsory course in the second-year of the Business Administration program. The course focusses on developing the specific knowledge base required to work with and have an understanding of some of the First Nations issues facing communities in the Yukon. Topics covered in the course include the unique position of the First Nations in Yukon society, the history of policy actions impacting on First Nations people, the issues facing First Nations communities in Canada and the Yukon, the community-based economic development model, and the role of the development corporation.