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Ktunaxa Ready

Why Ktunaxa Ready?

The Economic and Investment Sector & Business Development Office supports Ktunaxanin̓tik (Ktunaxa citizens) to realize opportunities that exist here in our homelands.

We seek to create an environment for business by attracting investment, developing partnerships, and facilitating opportunities for economic growth and sustainability in ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa.

How to connect with people who want what you sell?

Ktunaxa Ready is a free resource to help promote your business online.

As a Ktunaxa entrepreneur, you have taken those steps to understand entrepreneurship, innovation and your competition.

Now isn’t it time to stand up and be noticed as a contributor to the region’s economy?

Ktunaxa Ready is a great way to promote your business as well as enlighten the untouched market about your contribution to the needs and demand of the region.

Joining the directory means you get a search-engine optimized page on the directory detailing your business and work, with links and information that allows interested people to connect with you.

A directory listing also provides links to your website and social media channels to assist in further promoting your business.

With a team of people to assist in getting your business included on the website, you should contact us today to have your business listed.

How to connect with Ktunaxa businesses, artisans and entrepreneurs?

The Ktunaxa Ready directory website highlights Ktunaxa artisans, entrepreneurs and businesses to promote short and longer-term business-to-business relationships.

Ktunaxa Ready makes it easy to identify Ktunaxa businesses and find the information and contact details to simplify the process of making direct contact.

When you purchase the goods and services from a Ktunaxa business, you engage with the true Ktunaxa entrepreneurial spirit.

Ktunaxa citizens are adapting our business acumen and providing our passions and skills in the form of services and products that are supporting family and communities.

History of Ktunaxa businesses

The Ktunaxa Nation is proud to present Ktunaxa Ready, our online directory exhibiting the number of individual and collective Indigenous businesses that are operating and continuing the proud tradition of conducting business here in ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa, the traditional territories of the Ktunaxa people.

We acknowledge the lands and resources of our ancestors, and the prosperity that had been granted to us through the richness and diversity of our homelands that, through our language, legends and stories, have seen our ancestors prosper throughout our history.

There is a misconception that Ktunaxa are not business people.

This misconception was enhanced by the systemic exclusion of Indigenous peoples from participating in the economy.

The Ktunaxa people know our strong economic environment pre-dates the arrival of the newcomers. We look to the stories of past technological adaptations involving items such as horses, rifles and textiles.

The archaeological record documents many tools and materials that would not have been procured locally, there is evidence of extensive trade networks between tribes throughout North America.

“In the old times, some Ktunaxa could speak multiple languages, including Chinook (a universal language documented by early explorers). This was helpful and used extensively between tribes in the course of inter-tribal commerce. When there were no common languages the people could resort to sign language to get their intentions across.”

How to join

In order to receive your own directory listing please complete this form [LINK TO EI FORM] and send to us by the email below.

You will be contacted by us with details of the next steps.

Only Ktunaxanin̓tik are included within the Ktunaxa Ready Business Directory.

For any questions about joining the directory or doing business with Ktunaxa, please contact us:

Email – Connect@KtunaxaReady.com

Phone – 250 489 2464

Ktunaxa Business Development Grants

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Why Ktunaxa Ready?

How to connect with people who want what you sell?

How to connect with Ktunaxa businesses, artisans and entrepreneurs?

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