Louie, a 10-term chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band and winner of every election but one since first being elected chief at the age of 24 in the mid-80s, says his First Nation’s claim to fame is the success it’s had creating and operating its own businesses. “I like creating jobs,” he says. “That’s what I like doing. I like focusing on job development, job creation. Like any town or city or any band, you’ve got to have an economy or else you have a ghost town. If you want people to stay and you want the schools, and the hospitals and everything else that goes with that, you need a decent standard of living. Your living comes from your wage from your job. That’s why I focus on jobs.”