A Native-owned company in Manitoba is urging First Nations to consider manufacturing arts and crafts in China.
First Nations Trading Development Corporation says Native designs can be mass-produced in China. CEO Leonard Linklater says other people are already doing it, taking revenues from Native artists.
Linklater plans to take Native leaders to China to show tour tradeshows and manufacturing plants/
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Native art more lucrative when 'made in China'
(CBC 2/14)
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First Nations Trading Development Corporation - http://www.fntdc.com
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'Made in China' but produced by First Nations
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
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