Lance Morgan: Building a Business From the Prairie to Prosperity
Lance Morgan is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Lance Morgan (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) was 25 years old in 1994, when he was entrusted with $9 million in seed capital to start Ho-Chunk, Inc. Today, that company that started with one employee brings in roughly $250...
Choctaw Nation Obtains Public Aircraft Operations Authorization
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is the first Tribal Government to be granted Public Aircraft Operations (PAO) authorization by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since the new FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 was signed into law. Prior to the FAA Reauthorization...
Shayai Lucero on Growing her Pueblo-Based Business ‘Earth & Sky Floral Designs’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commissioned Shayai Lucero to create a floral wreath to be placed at the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., to honor Native Warriors during Native American Heritage Month....
Yurok Agricultural Corporation Subsidiary Purchases Canning Line
Mad River Brewing Company, owned by the Yurok Agricultural Corporation, has purchased a Wild Goose canning line.
Naat’aanii Development Corporation to Create Managed Health Care System
The business arm of the Navajo Nation plans to create a managed health care entity under New Mexico’s Medicaid program to improve access and quality of health care on the largest Native American reservation in the United States. The Naat’aanii Development Corporation...
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2020 Oklahoma Hemp Summit to Help Tribes Capitalize on the Industry
Native American Hemp is hosting the 2020 Oklahoma Hemp Summit in partnership with the Absentee Shawnee Economic Development Authority this Friday, February 28, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Aaron Fournier, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, founded Native American Hemp in 2018...
Meet Doyon, Limited’s President and CEO Aaron Schutt
Aaron Schutt is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Aaron Schutt (Native Village of Tanana) has been with Doyon, Limited for more than two decades, rapidly rising through the ranks from Senior Vice President to Chief Operating Officer to, in 2011, President and CEO. Since...
The 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium Is Underway in California
The TGPN’s 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium is currently taking place February 25-27, at the AAA Four Diamond Award–winning Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.The Tribal Game Protection Network's (TGPN) 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium...
Shayai Lucero on Growing her Pueblo-Based Business ‘Earth & Sky Floral Designs’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commissioned Shayai Lucero to create a floral wreath to be placed at the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., to honor Native Warriors during Native American Heritage Month....
USDA Approves Three More Tribes’ Hemp Plans
On Thursday, plans for hemp production put forth by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Santee Sioux Nation were approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the nation’s Domestic Hemp Production Program. These latest...
Colorado Grants First Sports Betting Licenses, Tribes May Enter Market
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has stated its intent to open a sports betting facility at its Ute Mountain Casino, near Towaoc, 10 miles south of Cortez. Colorado, home to two Tribal casinos and more than 30 commercial gaming venues, opened up sports betting statewide in...
Navajo Nation, New Mexico’s San Juan County to Assess Railroad Project
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer and San Juan County Commission Chairman Jack Fortner signed an MOU during a ceremony held at the San Juan College School of Energy in Farmington, New Mexico on Thursday. (Navajo Nation)The Navajo Nation...
AMERIND Risk: Native Led (by CEO Derek Valdo) and Native Owned
Derek Valdo is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Since 2012, Derek Valdo (Acoma Pueblo) has been CEO of AMERIND Risk, the nation’s only insurance company that is 100 percent Tribally owned with 100 percent Tribal clients. Under his leadership, AMERIND Risk has almost...
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Announces $655M for Tribal Housing
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced this week more than $655 million in Indian Housing Block Grants (IHBG) to Native American Tribes in 38 States. The Navajo Nation has received the largest sum of money to increase...
San Manuel’s $9M Gift Catalyzes Tribal Gaming & Law Programs at UNLV
San Manuel Tribal Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena announces the Tribe's $9 million donation to UNLV. (Courtesy San Manuel Band) The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has gifted $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) that will position the university as the...
Sitnasuak Native Corporation Welcomes New CEO
Sitnasuak Native Corporation is headquartered in Nome, Alaska. (Flickr/CCSitnasuak Native Corporation (SNC), the largest of 16 village corporations in Alaska’s Bering Strait region, welcomed its new CEO this month: shareholder and former board director Charles E....
What do the Democratic Candidates Mean for Native Businesspeople?
The field of hopefuls vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, who will face off against Republican incumbent Donald Trump, has been whittled to six.
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Colorado Grants First Sports Betting Licenses, Tribes May Enter Market
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has stated its intent to open a sports betting facility at its Ute Mountain Casino, near Towaoc, 10 miles south of Cortez. Colorado, home to two Tribal casinos and more than 30 commercial gaming venues, opened up sports betting statewide in...
San Manuel’s $9M Gift Catalyzes Tribal Gaming & Law Programs at UNLV
San Manuel Tribal Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena announces the Tribe's $9 million donation to UNLV. (Courtesy San Manuel Band) The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has gifted $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) that will position the university as the...
Don’t Miss Hard Rock’s Star-Studded Super Bowl Ad
Hard Rock’s Michael Bay-directed Super Bowl commercial is set to air directly before halftime. The Hard Rock empire has grown dramatically since the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s acquisition of the international company back in 2007. The purchase, a landmark in Indian...
Scholarships to Help Increase Representation of Native Women Pursuing STEM Careers
Increasing the representation of women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields is vital for America to respond to today’s economic, infrastructure and environmental challenges, states the American Indian College Fund (AICF). The nation’s...
Puyallup Entrepreneur Launches App ‘TeePee – An Indigenous Directory’
TeePee, a new mobile app created by Miguel Douglas, an enrolled member of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, acts as a digital directory, providing users with the resources to contact each of the 573+ federally recognized Tribes, their enterprises as well as Alaska Native...
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Our Success & Finance issue charts the business breakthroughs of Tribes and Tribal entrepreneurs in “The Greatest Success Stories of 2019.” We also pay homage to perseverance and tireless devotion to Indian Country. Ernie Stevens, Jr., and Cheryl Stevens, his wife of 37 years, grace one of the covers. We honor Ernie Stevens’ nearly 20 years of stewardship to Indian gaming as Chairman of NIGA. Tunica-Biloxi Chairman Marshall Pierite is featured on the opposite cover. He shares how gaming helped his Tribe “to transition from a surviving community to a thriving community,” and reflects on recent success in the financial services industry. We shine a light on financial institutions, such as Stearns Bank, and consider the investment strategy of Mno-Bmadsen. Meanwhile, the DOE’s James E. Campos, underscores: “Energy is our new economy, it is our new currency, and Native Americans play a large part in this equation.”
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Arctic IT Appoints Dave Bailey as President and General Manager
Dave Bailey has taken the helm as President & General Manager of Arctic Information Technology (Arctic IT) the highly awarded technology company under the Doyon, Limited family. “Technology, and how the world embraces it, continues to evolve at an unprecedented...
LDF Business Development Corporation Hires First Corporate Retail Director
The Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation, the non-gaming business development arm of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, today announced the hiring of its first Corporate Retail Director, Dan Bonavia. RELATED: LDF Construction Wins First...
SBA’s Jovita Carranza Pledges More Opportunity for Women & Underserved Entrepreneurs
Jovita Carranza recently took the helm as the 26th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Administrator Carranza will lead the only federal agency exclusively dedicated to assisting small business owners and entrepreneurs in starting, growing, and...
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The 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium Is Underway in California
The TGPN’s 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium is currently taking place February 25-27, at the AAA Four Diamond Award–winning Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.The Tribal Game Protection Network's (TGPN) 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium...
Colorado Grants First Sports Betting Licenses, Tribes May Enter Market
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has stated its intent to open a sports betting facility at its Ute Mountain Casino, near Towaoc, 10 miles south of Cortez. Colorado, home to two Tribal casinos and more than 30 commercial gaming venues, opened up sports betting statewide in...
San Manuel’s $9M Gift Catalyzes Tribal Gaming & Law Programs at UNLV
San Manuel Tribal Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena announces the Tribe's $9 million donation to UNLV. (Courtesy San Manuel Band) The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has gifted $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) that will position the university as the...
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2020 Oklahoma Hemp Summit to Help Tribes Capitalize on the Industry
Native American Hemp is hosting the 2020 Oklahoma Hemp Summit in partnership with the Absentee Shawnee Economic Development Authority this Friday, February 28, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Aaron Fournier, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, founded Native American Hemp in 2018...
USDA Approves Three More Tribes’ Hemp Plans
On Thursday, plans for hemp production put forth by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Santee Sioux Nation were approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the nation’s Domestic Hemp Production Program. These latest...
Agreement Grants Tulalip Tribes Cut of State’s Sales Tax From Quil Ceda Village
Quil Ceda Village was conceived and built for business. The 2,200-acre municipality houses not only Tulalip Resort Casino (pictured), but a premium outlet mall; several anchor stores, including Cabela’s, Home Depot and Walmart; a retail center; an amphitheater; and...
Cherokee Nation Work Group to Evaluate Cannabis for Economic & Health Benefits
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. has appointed a Cherokee Nation work group to study opportunities for leveraging hemp and cannabis through commerce, health care and agriculture. The “Executive Work Group on Hemp, Cannabis and Related Opportunities”...
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Meet Doyon, Limited’s President and CEO Aaron Schutt
Aaron Schutt is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Aaron Schutt (Native Village of Tanana) has been with Doyon, Limited for more than two decades, rapidly rising through the ranks from Senior Vice President to Chief Operating Officer to, in 2011, President and CEO. Since...
Shayai Lucero on Growing her Pueblo-Based Business ‘Earth & Sky Floral Designs’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commissioned Shayai Lucero to create a floral wreath to be placed at the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., to honor Native Warriors during Native American Heritage Month....
AMERIND Risk: Native Led (by CEO Derek Valdo) and Native Owned
Derek Valdo is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Since 2012, Derek Valdo (Acoma Pueblo) has been CEO of AMERIND Risk, the nation’s only insurance company that is 100 percent Tribally owned with 100 percent Tribal clients. Under his leadership, AMERIND Risk has almost...
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Naat’aanii Development Corporation to Create Managed Health Care System
The business arm of the Navajo Nation plans to create a managed health care entity under New Mexico’s Medicaid program to improve access and quality of health care on the largest Native American reservation in the United States. The Naat’aanii Development Corporation...
Cherokee Nation Work Group to Evaluate Cannabis for Economic & Health Benefits
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. has appointed a Cherokee Nation work group to study opportunities for leveraging hemp and cannabis through commerce, health care and agriculture. The “Executive Work Group on Hemp, Cannabis and Related Opportunities”...
Shayai Lucero on Growing her Pueblo-Based Business ‘Earth & Sky Floral Designs’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commissioned Shayai Lucero to create a floral wreath to be placed at the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., to honor Native Warriors during Native American Heritage Month....
The Seasoned Strategist: William ‘Sonny’ Johnson, President and CEO, Pearl River Resort
Under the leadership of William “Sonny” Johnson, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Pearl River Resort became the first casino outside of Nevada to open a Tribally owned and independently operated sportsbook.
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Jim Allen, Chairman of Hard Rock International and CEO of Seminole Gaming, has shown industry leadership by example.
Honoring Canada’s First Indigenous Woman to Lead a Commercial Lending Institution
The 2020 Indspire Award for Business and Commerce recognizes the groundbreaking career of Dawn Madahbee Leach — the first Indigenous woman in Canada to head up a commercial lending institution.
Tunica-Biloxi Chairman Marshall Pierite: Cherishing the Past and Building for the Future
Marshall Pierite is not only Chairman of the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana; he’s also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, a small business owner, a former social worker, a father, and a husband. “But the most important title I cherish is being a servant to all,”...
UW Launches Wind River Startup Challenge With $25K in Seed Funding
“Economic development must occur at the grassroots level in order to be successful,” says James Trosper, director of UW’s High Plains American Indian Research Institute. “With this startup challenge, community members will lead the change rather than wait for...
This Tribal Empire Is Responsible for the World’s First Live Slots
Innovation is the name of the game for casino properties across the world looking to appeal to an increasing demographic of virtual players. The difference between “live slots” and online slot games is players are controlling physical slot machines located inside a...
UND to Offer World’s First Doctoral Program in Indigenous Health
Dr. Donald Warne discusses American Indian health policy with UND Master of Public Health Program students at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences. (Photo by Mike Hess, University of North Dakota Photographer) University of North Dakota’s Indians Into Medicine...
Puyallup Entrepreneur Launches App ‘TeePee – An Indigenous Directory’
TeePee, a new mobile app created by Miguel Douglas, an enrolled member of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, acts as a digital directory, providing users with the resources to contact each of the 573+ federally recognized Tribes, their enterprises as well as Alaska Native...
Meet Doyon, Limited’s President and CEO Aaron Schutt
Aaron Schutt is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Aaron Schutt (Native Village of Tanana) has been with Doyon, Limited for more than two decades, rapidly rising through the ranks from Senior Vice President to Chief Operating Officer to, in 2011, President and CEO. Since...
South Dakota Approves $100M Solar Energy Project On Pine Ridge Land
There's been a lot of talk about renewable energy on Native lands, and particularly lands owned by Sioux tribes. With approval of the $100 million Luna Solar Park from the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, that talk just got closer to reality. The planned Luna...
Navajo Nation Seeks to Power Los Angeles With Clean Energy
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez (left) joined City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday.The Navajo Nation wants to power the city of Los Angeles with its cost-effective clean energy. So Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez joined City...
Meet Doyon, Limited’s President and CEO Aaron Schutt
Aaron Schutt is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Aaron Schutt (Native Village of Tanana) has been with Doyon, Limited for more than two decades, rapidly rising through the ranks from Senior Vice President to Chief Operating Officer to, in 2011, President and CEO. Since...
The 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium Is Underway in California
The TGPN’s 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium is currently taking place February 25-27, at the AAA Four Diamond Award–winning Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.The Tribal Game Protection Network's (TGPN) 2020 Women in Tribal Gaming Symposium...
AMERIND Risk: Native Led (by CEO Derek Valdo) and Native Owned
Derek Valdo is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Since 2012, Derek Valdo (Acoma Pueblo) has been CEO of AMERIND Risk, the nation’s only insurance company that is 100 percent Tribally owned with 100 percent Tribal clients. Under his leadership, AMERIND Risk has almost...
