If they link their website to it but they're not in the linked Aboriginal Organization's directory.
Non-Native artists who produce Native Indian Art will generally link their website (or seek to be included) in other Indian Organizations websites to give the consumer the misleading appearance that their artwork/product is in someway genuine, and that it is supported by other Native Indian Organizations. There are a lot of Aboriginal Organization websites that have no Native Ancestry verification requirements for listing in their websites artist/business directory. However, be cautious of well-established “Native Indian” looking websites that have links, but no inclusion to the various Aboriginal Organizations who have established strict Aboriginal inclusion requirements for their websites directory. The Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show (VATS) is a perfect example of a strict Organization that was established to help the Aboriginal Indian people and they have set very strict moral and ethical inclusion requirements into their website.
The Aboriginal Canada Portal is your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.
Le Portail des Autochtones au Canada est votre guichet unique pour accéder à des ressources en direct, à des personnes-ressources, à des renseignements ainsi qu'à des programmes et services gouvernementaux canadiens relatifs aux Autochtones.
The Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show (VATS) is a professionally designed web site that:
is promoted internationally
helps stimulate global markets for Aboriginal products and services
educates the world about Aboriginal exporters
increases your company's international marketability
Registration on the Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show (VATS) is free.
Who is eligible for inclusion into the Virtual Aboriginal trade Show? To be eligible as a member here is only an example of their first requirement:
To be eligible as a member in the Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show (VATS), your company must meet all of the following criteria:
You must be an Aboriginal entrepreneur or have at least 51% Aboriginal ownership and control of a joint venture.
If you are uncertain of the definition of an Aboriginal entrepreneur, please review the URL below for information on what constitutes an Aboriginal entrepreneur.
Or you can just read their basic requirement below this line.
Who is an Aboriginal person for the purposes of the set-aside program for Aboriginal business?
An Aboriginal person is an Indian, Metis or Inuit who is ordinarily resident in Canada.
Evidence of being an Aboriginal person will consist of such proof as:
Indian registration in Canada
membership in an affiliate of the Metis National Council or the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, or other recognized Aboriginal organizations in Canada
acceptance as an Aboriginal person by an established Aboriginal community in Canada
enrolment or entitlement to be enrolled pursuant to a comprehensive land claim agreement, or membership or entitlement to membership in a group with an accepted comprehensive claim
Evidence of being resident in Canada includes a provincial or territorial driver's licence, a lease or other appropriate document.
For further information on the Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business, contact the Economic Development Program Directorate in the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development at (819) 956-9836 or 1 (800) 400-7677 or fax (819) 956-9837.
