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...
National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Earth Day with its Annual Living Earth Festival
Image credit: duncan1890 Online Festival Features Native American Business Representatives, Films and Youth Leaders on Sustainability and Innovation in Indigenous Agriculture. Washington, D.C. -- In celebration of Earth Day, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the...
Carmen Davis Speaks to Entrepreneurship, Infrastructure During Indian Country Business Leaders Panel
Native Business Founder, Publisher and Executive Editor Carmen Davis (left), an enrolled member of the Makah Tribe and also Chippewa-Cree and Yakama, recently spoke on a virtual panel entitled Indian Country Business Leaders for Biden. She participated at the request...
10 Questions With Douglas Miles on Self-Capitalizing APACHE Skateboards
Douglas Miles’ drive to succeed as an entrepreneur came from a self-determination so powerful, it was like the will to survive, he says. “In the process, I also felt like I was doing something revolutionary—taking and putting a Native American stamp on something...
Sponsored Content from Bold Concepts
THE LATEST NEWS
Minority & Native-Owned Businesses Face Higher Risk of Becoming Crisis Casualties
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, minority-owned small businesses are facing dramatic economic casualties, as they struggle to access pandemic-related financial relief. During the Great Recession, entrepreneurs of color were left behind. Once again, a crisis is...
Seneca Gaming Corp. Reduces Annuity Payments, Appoints Interim CEO
The Seneca Nation will initiate a phased, multi-week reopening process of its three gaming facilities in early June.The coronavirus pandemic has impacted not only the Seneca Nation's health system but its economy. With three casinos closed, and nearly 4,000...
Chehalis Tribe’s Distillery Pivots From Spirits to Hand Sanitizer
Rather than craft-distilled liquor, the first product that came out of distillation tanks on the Chehalis Reservation was hand sanitizer.Come late June, partners the Chehalis Tribe of Indians and Heritage Distilling Company will officially debut their 35,000...
Lance Morgan on Ho-Chunk, Inc.’s 25-Year History of Growth
Lance Morgan was 25 years old when he was tasked with figuring out how to diversify the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economy away from gaming. (Courtesy Ho-Chunk, Inc.)This feature originally appeared as the cover story of the March 2019 “Infrastructure” print...
Foxwoods, Mohegan Jointly Announce June 1 Reopenings
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler (left) and Mohegan Tribal Chairman James Gessner are openly engaging with the State of Connecticut about Foxwoods' and Mohegan Sun's vigilant safety measures and protocols in place for their June 1 reopenings.The...
VIDEO: NATIVE BUSINESS LEARNING
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Connect with dynamic news and information, thought leaders, successful native entrepreneurs, Tribal leaders and more on the Native Business Podcast.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
POPULAR STORIES
Ray Halbritter: An ‘Unrealistic’ Leader Realizes Success for his Nation
Ray Halbritter has led the Oneida people to an economic and cultural renaissance that has been hailed as a national model of success.
Oklahoma AG Withdraws From Tribal Gaming Compact Negotiations, Gov. Stitt Takes Lead
On the heels of Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter withdrawing from Tribal gaming compact discussions, Gov. Kevin Stitt has declared he’s taking the lead and plans to hire his own out-of-state legal team to assist with negotiation for a larger percentage of casino revenue.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
MAGAZINE: DIGITAL ISSUES
NATIVE BUSINESS DIGITAL ISSUES
Issues of Native Business Magazine are available for purchase digitally for easy viewing on your phone, tablet or computer. Purchase them all now by navigating to the “Magazine” tab in the menu above!
Let’s face it, we are living in a digital content delivery world and we at Native Business want you to enjoy our publication as effortlessly as possible. You can purchase issues of Native Business magazine to read digitally in the manner you prefer most.
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.”
NATIVE BUSINESS DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION
Enjoy the digital edition of Native Business Magazine, for easy viewing on your phone, tablet or computer for the low price of $5.99 an issue. Buy them now from the “Magazine” tab in the menu above!
Unparalleled Native Business Content, at an Unparalleled Price.
POPULAR TOPICS
FEDERAL CONTRACTING
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
GAMING
Virginia Pre-Certifies Hard Rock & Partners for Bristol Casino
Another Hard Rock Casino is slated to rise in Bristol in southwest Virginia. The Virginia Lottery Board has pre-certified Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and two local partners to operate a casino in the state. Now the city of Bristol...
Ray Halbritter: An ‘Unrealistic’ Leader Realizes Success for his Nation
Ray Halbritter has led the Oneida people to an economic and cultural renaissance that has been hailed as a national model of success.
Oklahoma AG Withdraws From Tribal Gaming Compact Negotiations, Gov. Stitt Takes Lead
On the heels of Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter withdrawing from Tribal gaming compact discussions, Gov. Kevin Stitt has declared he’s taking the lead and plans to hire his own out-of-state legal team to assist with negotiation for a larger percentage of casino revenue.
CANNABIS
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
FOLLOW US
NEWEST
Native Business Summit Inspired Attendees ‘to Conquer & Keep Conquering Our Dreams’
“We all left feeling inspired & ready to conquer & keep conquering our dreams & making a difference and that is PRICELESS,” said Native Business Summit attendee Nicole Seneca.
Native Business Podcast Debuts Live at the Native Business Summit
On stage in front of a live audience, the Native Business Podcast launched today at the Native Business Summit.
‘Your Network Is Your Net Worth’: The Native Business Summit Is Underway, Building Bridges Across Indian Country
“Your network is your net worth,” said Gary Davis (Cherokee), Publisher of Native Business Magazine, “and that’s what we’re building here at the Native Business Summit.”
FEATURED SECTIONS / SECTORS
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Lakota Founder of Leeway Franks and Leeway Butcher: ‘Adapt to Survive’
Lee Meisel, the Lakota owner/founder of Leeway Franks and Leeway Butcher in Lawrence, Kansas, said of the way entrepreneurs are pivoting business operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic: “We're writing the history book on this right now. And the world's watching.”...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.