b'TRADE HISTORYA NEW CHAPTER IN INDIGENOUS TRADE By Sarah B. HoodI P E T C A i n k s i n n o v a t i v e a g r e e m e n t s t o b u i l d t r a d e r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n I n d i g e n o u s p e o p l e s w o r l d w i d e , e x p a n d i n g o n a r i c h h i s t o r y d a t i n g b a c k t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r sT ry searching online for the historyCooperationArrangement(IPETCA)cultural understanding as to how trade of Indigenous trade on Turtlehas taken first steps towards reassertingis conducted. Island, and chances are good thatthe potential for Indigenous peoples to youll find yourself immersed inestablish trading relationships amongstA Plains Cree from Treaty 6, Moosomin documents about the fur tradetheIndigenouspeoplesofCanada,First Nation, Garnons-Williams is also a with Europe. Youll have to dig a littleNew Zealand, Australia, and Chinesesenior lawyer at his own firm, Garwill deeper to find information about earlierTaipei. It has far-reaching implicationsLawProfessionalCorp.,aswellas periods, especially anything relatingforIndigenousself-determinationCEOofIndigenousSovereignTrade toformaltradenetworksamongand economic development, even forConsultancy Ltd. Through his position Indigenous peoples. the protection of the environment. InwithIITIO,hehasplayedakeyrole fact, it does nothing less than proposeas Canadas Indigenous lead in nego-Overthepastfourcenturiesorso,analternativetocurrentglobaltiating what he describes as the first nation-to-nationtradeamongIndige- trade practices. moderncomprehensiveinternational nous peoples has been eclipsed by theIndigenous trade arrangement.global corporate systems that structureIdeally, it will facilitate all business. Its the way most people do business today.a matter of identifying tribal corpora- IPETCAhasalreadybeenendorsed Yet there was a time, lasting for millennia,tions that are trade-ready, says WaynebyCanada,Australia,NewZealand, when Indigenous peoples negotiatedD. Garnons-Williams, chair of the Inter- andChineseTaipei.Inessence,it theirowntradingarrangementswithnationalInter-tribalTradeandInvest- authorizes for a trading nation within a each other, exchanging goods acrossment Organization (IITIO). While theytrading nation. The choice of the term enormous distances. couldtradeunderthecurrenttradearrangement rather than agreement practices, this will be inter-tribal, so wewas deliberate, adds Garnons-William. This year, an initiative called the Indig- wanttofindtribalnationsthatwantAnagreementwouldhavetogo enousPeoplesEconomicandTradeto pivot off traditional knowledge andthrough a parliamentary process, he 48A CCAB PUBLICATION2023'