SWAIA Saw the Pandemic’s Silver Lining: Santa Fe Indian E-Market
Royston Turquoise Bracelet by Myles Calladitto, Diné. View the complete list of virtual Indian Market artists at market.swaia.org. (Photo Courtesy swaia.org/exhibitors) “The pandemic forced everyone to be in this place of standstill, and in that standstill, we were...
Kamala Harris Named Joe Biden’s Running Mate
Former presidential candidate Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's pick for vice president. (Biden Campaign)Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, has picked Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) as his running mate. The first Black candidate, and...
Arizona Tribes Sign Historic Gaming Compact With State, Opening Door for Casino Expansions, New Table Games, and Sports Betting
Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, middle, and Arizona tribal leaders put their signatures on a document at a bill signing allowing a major expansion of sports betting in Arizona at an event at the Heard Museum Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Phoenix. The measure...
How a Shoshone-Bannock Entrepreneur Funded her Dream: Bison Coffeehouse
Native Business interviewed Loretta Guzman pre-pandemic. Her Portland-based coffee shop is open and serving. Follow her on Instagram @bisoncoffeehouse for real-time updates. The name Bison Coffeehouse came to Loretta Guzman in a dream, while she was ill in the...
How a Lakota Woodworker Funded His Business: 10 Q’s With Stephan Cheney
Stephan Cheney, a young Lakota entrepreneur of the Kul Wicasa Oyate fromt the Lower Brule, South Dakota, hunts for wood around his Northern California home to make his signature furniture. “I collect a lot of pieces of wood randomly along the way,” says the discerning...
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Cherokee Nation Unveils $332M COVID-19 Respond, Recover and Rebuild Plan
The Cherokee Nation has revealed its $332 million spending plan to use the Tribe’s first portion of CARES Act funding. The Cherokee Nation’s COVID-19 Respond, Recover and Rebuild spending plan will largely offset unbudgeted expenses due to coronavirus, protect...
Facebook Shops Streamlines E-Commerce for Small Businesses
To date, commerce on Facebook has taken place through Marketplace. The introduction of Facebook Shops is changing that. The e-commerce platform allows businesses to customize the look and feel of their “shop,” while equipping brands with a number of other tools, such...
Landmark Agreement: Yurok Tribe Partners With Calif. Parks & Rec
Representatives from the Yurok Tribe and California Department of Parks and Rec on February 12 after signing a landmark agreement for the Tribe to operate the Stone Lagoon Visitor Center. The Yurok Tribe will officially begin operating the Stone Lagoon Visitor Center...
Andrew Metcalfe on Closing the Digital Divide and Bringing Reservations Together
Imagine a higher-than-average standard for broadband connectivity on Indian land. Andrew Metcalfe wants to close the digital divide. (Courtesy Native Network)This article originally appeared in the March 2019 “Infrastructure” print edition of Native Business Magazine....
Treasury Extends Deadline to Upload Tribal Data for $3.2B Allocations
While nearly 60 percent of the CARES Act’s $8 billion Tribal set aside has been disbursed based on population data (and, according to a Harvard study, possibly by faulty means), $3.2 billion remains in limbo. The funds are held up in part due to challenges by Tribes...
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Oklahoma’s gaming Tribes are holding their ground: “We stand united today against the proposed extension by Gov. Stitt as utterly unnecessary, given the automatic renewal.”
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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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Okla. Supreme Court Rules Gov. Stitt Overstepped Authority, Gaming Compacts Invalid
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announcing the Tribal-state gaming compacts he signed with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and Comanche Nation in AprilTribes argue Oklahoma Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to invalidate the compacts, approved by the U.S. Department of Interior in...
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Oklahoma’s gaming Tribes are holding their ground: “We stand united today against the proposed extension by Gov. Stitt as utterly unnecessary, given the automatic renewal.”
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The Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara (MHA) Nation has prevailed in securing more than 9,300 acres of land into trust for Tribal self-determination and economic development, including a buffalo ranch and oil and gas production.
‘Itality: Plant Based Wellness’ Meets a Need for Fresh, Nutritious Food in Indian Country
Look no further than Tina Archuleta, a member of the Jemez Pueblo, and owner of Itality: Plant Based Wellness, for an example of Native entrepreneurship aligned with traditional values.
Spokane Tribe Celebrates Solar Initiative, ‘Born of Fire’
The second largest fire in Washington state in summer 2016, a season of seemingly ceaseless burns across the western United States, ravaged the Spokane Indian Reservation.
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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...
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