
JC Seneca Foundation and G-Health Enterprises Collaborate to Provide Health Care Services for Native Territories
"...[we] are of one mind in our mission to provide healthcare and medical services to people on the Native territories..." Irving, NY --- Seneca Nation businessman, J.C. Seneca, and Raul Vazquez, M.D. F.A.A.F.P., founder of Buffalo’s G-Health Enterprises, have...

Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Tribal Ambassador & CEO of Shinnecock Lobster Shack
Watch this informative video with Mr. Lance Gumbs to get a glimpse into how his entrepreneurial mind thinks and works outside of the box. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring &...

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Provides More than $2.5 Billion Impact to Oklahoma in 2019
Choctaw Nation is one of the largest contributors to southeastern Oklahoma, as well as the overall state. DURANT, Okla. — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced on February 25, 2021 that the Tribe had a $2,519,532,303 economic impact on the State of Oklahoma in...

San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...

Grant Competition is NOW OPEN for MBDA Business Centers
Want to operate an MBDA Business Center? Visit www.MBDA.gov/grants for more info. Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is seeking proposals to open and operate an MBDA Business Center to provide technical...
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Provides More than $2.5 Billion Impact to Oklahoma in 2019
Choctaw Nation is one of the largest contributors to southeastern Oklahoma, as well as the overall state. DURANT, Okla. — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced on February 25, 2021 that the Tribe had a $2,519,532,303 economic impact on the State of Oklahoma in...

JC Seneca Foundation and G-Health Enterprises Collaborate to Provide Health Care Services for Native Territories
"...[we] are of one mind in our mission to provide healthcare and medical services to people on the Native territories..." Irving, NY --- Seneca Nation businessman, J.C. Seneca, and Raul Vazquez, M.D. F.A.A.F.P., founder of Buffalo’s G-Health Enterprises, have...

Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Tribal Ambassador & CEO of Shinnecock Lobster Shack
Watch this informative video with Mr. Lance Gumbs to get a glimpse into how his entrepreneurial mind thinks and works outside of the box. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring &...

San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...
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Podcast Episode 13: MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox
On episode 13 of the Native Business Podcast, your hosts and founders/publishers of Native Business Magazine, Gary (Cherokee Nation) and Carmen (Chippewa-Cree Tribe, Makah Tribe and Yakama Nation) Davis, are joined by Mark N. Fox, Chairman of the Mandan Hidatsa &...
Podcast Episode 12: Bill McClure on Intellectual Property, Website Domains & Native Buying Power
Bill McClure, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, launched Native American Coffee in 2008. Now the company grosses about $5 million in annual revenue. Native Business Podcast - Episode 12 was recorded prior to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic...
Podcast Episode 11: Jamie Fullmer Talks Tribal Leadership, Unified Vision, Master Planning & More
Note: This podcast was recorded prior to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic On the 11th episode of the Native Business Podcast, hosts Gary (Cherokee Nation) and Carmen Davis (Chippewa-Cree Tribe, Makah Tribe and Yakama Nation), the Founders and...
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San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...
Lac Vieux Desert Partners with PointsBet Online and Mobile Sports Betting to Go Live in Michigan
PointsBet and Lac Vieux Desert debuting best-in-class technology, promotions, bet types and more for Michigan, including a ‘Win-Win’ promotion for all clients in the state WATERSMEET, MI — PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, today announced that it will...

Cherokee Nation Purchases Will Rogers Birthplace Museum in Oologah
The Cherokee Nation purchased the historic Will Rogers Birthplace Museum in Rogers County, Oklahoma. A small signing ceremony was held at the museum on November 4, 2020 to coincide with Will Rogers’ birthday and formalize the acquisition from the Oklahoma Historical...
Saddleback Communications Completes Fiber to the Home Network Build for Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Upgrade Offers Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Residents High-speed Internet Up to 500Mbps. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Saddleback Communications, a provider of world-class, fiber-based voice and data communications to business and residential customers in the Salt...
Lac Vieux Desert Partners with PointsBet Online and Mobile Sports Betting to Go Live in Michigan
PointsBet and Lac Vieux Desert debuting best-in-class technology, promotions, bet types and more for Michigan, including a ‘Win-Win’ promotion for all clients in the state WATERSMEET, MI — PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, today announced that it will...
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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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Grant Competition is NOW OPEN for MBDA Business Centers
Want to operate an MBDA Business Center? Visit www.MBDA.gov/grants for more info. Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is seeking proposals to open and operate an MBDA Business Center to provide technical...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch entrepreneur mentoring & 8(a) insights from Victoria Vasques, Owner and Chairwoman of Tribal Tech, LLC
Victoria Vasques is the founder of one of the fastest-growing small businesses in the Washington, D.C. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring & federal contracting insights from...
Tribal Tech, LLC Announces New CEO, Neill Sciarrone
Ms. Sciarrone’s appointment represents a continuation of Tribal Tech’s investment in growth and strategic acquisitions. ALEXANDRIA, VA, – Tribal Tech, LLC, an American Indian, woman-owned management and technical services company, announced today that Marie O’Neill...
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Provides More than $2.5 Billion Impact to Oklahoma in 2019
Choctaw Nation is one of the largest contributors to southeastern Oklahoma, as well as the overall state. DURANT, Okla. — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced on February 25, 2021 that the Tribe had a $2,519,532,303 economic impact on the State of Oklahoma in...
San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...
Lac Vieux Desert Partners with PointsBet Online and Mobile Sports Betting to Go Live in Michigan
PointsBet and Lac Vieux Desert debuting best-in-class technology, promotions, bet types and more for Michigan, including a ‘Win-Win’ promotion for all clients in the state WATERSMEET, MI — PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, today announced that it will...
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Tallchief Hemp Founder JC Seneca: Hemp Is Traditional
Seneca shared an overview of his best-selling products, including CBD bath bombs (pictured), CBD cooling gels, and CBD tinctures. (TallchiefHemp.com) JC Seneca, Founder of Tallchief Hemp, shared at the Native Business Virtual Summit how he established, capitalized and...
Serial Entrepreneur JC Seneca Speaks to the Power of Pursuing a Vision
Native Pride Travel Plaza houses a smoke shop, gas station, high-speed Diesel pumps and popular diner in Irving, New York — where founder JC Seneca is pictured enjoying a cup of coffee. (Courtesy Seneca)It takes a leap of faith to follow a vision. JC Seneca, a Seneca...
Mohawk Tribe Is On Track for DEA Federal Cannabis License
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s holding company, the Tewáthahón:ni Corporation, has entered into a joint development agreement with MMJ Biopharma Cultivation, Inc. MMJ will lease and develop approximately 20 acres of Tribal trust land, previously designated by the...
U.N. Overturns 60-Year Classification of Cannabis
Today, the United Nations (U.N.) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 drug Convention treaty. The decision comes six decades after its placement, and opens doors for greater research into the potential therapeutic...
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JC Seneca Foundation and G-Health Enterprises Collaborate to Provide Health Care Services for Native Territories
"...[we] are of one mind in our mission to provide healthcare and medical services to people on the Native territories..." Irving, NY --- Seneca Nation businessman, J.C. Seneca, and Raul Vazquez, M.D. F.A.A.F.P., founder of Buffalo’s G-Health Enterprises, have...
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Department of Health Launches LightStrike Robots to Assist in COVID-19 Battle and Infection Control
New technology equips the Muscogee Creek Nation Environmental Services (EVS) team with enhanced disinfecting technologies. OKMULGEE, OK — As healthcare facilities look for new and innovative ways to battle viruses and bacteria that can pose a risk to employee and...

Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Tribal Ambassador & CEO of Shinnecock Lobster Shack
Watch this informative video with Mr. Lance Gumbs to get a glimpse into how his entrepreneurial mind thinks and works outside of the box. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring &...
Native Woman-Owned Gallery Curates Art for Sycuan Casino Resort
The headboard in this guest room at Sycuan Casino Resort features a print of an original painting of a canyon live oak, one of the Sycuan Kumeyaay Nation’s cultural touchstones. (Courtesy Ruth-Ann Thorn)This article originally appeared in the summer 2019 edition of...
A Beef With Ag Financing Leads to an Innovative Alternative
Zach Ducheneaux, the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s new executive director. (Photo by Chris Dickinson)This Q&A originally appeared in the June 2019 “Tourism, Agriculture & Natural Resources” print edition of Native Business Magazine. The Intertribal...
CBC Mortgage Agency Launches Initiative To Increase Homeownership Within Urban Indian Community
The word “Kani” is a word used by the Cedar Band of Paiutes for home or house from the band’s traditional language.CEDAR CITY, Utah – Jan. 12, 2021 -- CBC Mortgage Agency (CBCMA), a tribally-owned nationally chartered housing finance agency and a leading source of...
Chief Burgers: Tribes Need to Support Original Concepts
Thomas Begay (Navajo, Hopi) and his wife Kendra Begay (Navajo, Hopi) saved $15,000 to purchase an old FedEx truck to house Chief Burgers, their gourmet burger and picadilly business on wheels, based in Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation reservation.Thomas...
Wells Fargo Gets Real About Corporate Responsibility & Repairing Tribal Relations
Native Business Magazine had a candid conversation with Jon Campbell, head of Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations at Wells Fargo, about their corporate culture and establishing guidelines for integrity in regards to Tribal engagement. (Photo Courtesy...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch keynote remarks from Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Chairman Pierite addresses innovation in Tribal and Native American business. Enjoy these keynote remarks, recorded during the Native Business Virtual Summit, from Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. Chairman Pierite addresses...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch this CEO Rountable w/Leadership from Cherokee Nation Businesses, AMERIND and MNO-Bmadsen
Native Business Virtual Summit CEO Roundtable: Gain knowledge & insights from successful CEOs across Indian Country. Enjoy this CEO Roundtable from our Native Business Virtual Summit and gain knowledge & insights from successful CEOs across Indian Country....
Native Business Video Learning: Watch this interview with Dave Bailey, President and General Manager of Arctic IT
An informative discussion with Dave Bailey, President and General Manager of Arctic IT, on utilizing technology to innovate, protect and grow Tribal communities and Native businessesEnjoy this one-on-one Interview, recorded during the Native Business Virtual Summit,...
Prairie Island Selects Indian Energy to Lead Technical Consultants on $46M Net Zero Project
Two Native American firms will be technical consultants on the $46 million energy projectPRAIRIE ISLAND, Minnesota –The Prairie Island Indian Community has selected a team led by Indian Energy (IE) and Chief Strategy Group (CSG), both Native American-owned companies,...
California Energy Commission Awards $5 Million+ in Grant Funding to Indian Energy for Camp Pendleton Energy Storage Demonstration Project
Indian Energy, LLC Founder Allen G. CadreauSan Diego, Calif., January 15, 2020 – San Diego-based energy developer, Indian Energy LLC, has accepted a grant of more than $5 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop and demonstrate long-duration,...
Indian Energy, LLC Honored as 2020 Native American Business of the Year
Indian Energy, LLC Founder Allen G. Cadreau (right) accepts the Business of the Year Award.Indian Energy LLC was honored by Native Business as the inaugural recipient of our Native Business of the Year Award. The award was presented at the recent Native Business...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Tribal Ambassador & CEO of Shinnecock Lobster Shack
Watch this informative video with Mr. Lance Gumbs to get a glimpse into how his entrepreneurial mind thinks and works outside of the box. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring &...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch keynote remarks from Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Chairman Pierite addresses innovation in Tribal and Native American business. Enjoy these keynote remarks, recorded during the Native Business Virtual Summit, from Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. Chairman Pierite addresses...
Tribal Tech, LLC Announces New CEO, Neill Sciarrone
Ms. Sciarrone’s appointment represents a continuation of Tribal Tech’s investment in growth and strategic acquisitions. ALEXANDRIA, VA, – Tribal Tech, LLC, an American Indian, woman-owned management and technical services company, announced today that Marie O’Neill...