Indigenous Health Care Lawyer Corinne Sebren Joins Galanda Broadman
Corinne Sebren joins a growing bench of Galanda Broadman team members. Harvard Law School alumnus Matt Slovin also joined the firm as an Associate this past July. Seattle, WA – Corinne Sebren has joined Galanda Broadman PLLC as an Associate. Corinne joins the firm...
Indigenous-Developed Simulation Space Planned for WSU Spokane with Bank of America Grant
WSU Health Sciences students learn and practice in a simulation space in the Center for Native American Health. Historically, Indigenous communities have experienced lower health status and lower life expectancies, in part due to a lack of cultural understanding by...
A Piece of Choctaw Casino & Resort’s History Comes Down After Nearly Two Decades
Durant Casino’s Original Hotel, the Choctaw Inn, coming down to Make Way for Future of Choctaw’s Flagship Property. Photo Courtesy Choctaw NationDurant, OK – Choctaw Casino & Resort is removing a piece of history from its Durant casino property with the demolition...
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians Rewards Essential Employees with “Hero Pay” for Dedication During Covid Pandemic
The Augustine Tribal Council voted to give its essential workers $10 additional pay for each hour worked during one of the most difficult years in recent memory. COACHELLA, Calif. — More than 70 tribal government and casino employees were presented with a surprise...
American Indigenous Business Leaders & American Indian Graduate Center Award $20K to Native Student Entrepreneurs
Inaugural Business Pitch Competition hosted at AIBL’s annual national conference in Las Vegas. Missoula, MT – American Indigenous Business Leaders (AIBL) and American Indian Graduate Center partnered to award $20K to four Native American student entrepreneurs to...
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Choctaw Development Fund Awards More Than $21,000 to Town of Hartshorne, OK
Pictured: Robert Karr, Choctaw Nation Councilmember District 11; Cindy Bedford, Librarian at Hartshorne Library; Chief Gary Batton; Michael Hull, Executive Director of Southeast Oklahoma Library System; Roger Hemphill, Haileyville School Superintendent; Ashley...
Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas Announces Maximum Momentum Giveaway Winner
The giveaway was launched on the casino’s opening day, March 25, 2021. Photo credit: Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS – On Friday, July 3, Mohegan Sun Casino, inside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by Hilton, selected the winner for the...
Four Winds Casinos Partners with Evolv Technology for Touchless Weapons Detection Screening
Evolv Express®, will help ensure guest and team member safety without the need for guests to individually complete traditional weapons screening methods. New Buffalo, MI –– The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi’s Four Wind Casinos® are pleased to announce a partnership with...
Montana Department of Commerce Announces 14 Native American-Owned Small Businesses Grant Awardees
14 Entrepreneurs will share $86,500 in Tribal Tourism Digital Business Development grants. MONTANA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced $86,500 in funding to support the growth of 14 Native American-owned small businesses through the Tribal Tourism Digital...
Native American Agriculture Fund Invests $1 Million Dollars in Native Youth for 2021
Twenty Grants Awarded For Projects Serving Native Youth Across 115 Tribal Nations. Fayetteville, AR -- The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) has awarded $1 million dollars to 20 grantees serving Native youth across 115 Tribal Nations. The diverse range of...
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Snoqualmie Casino Moves Closer to Launching Sportsbook as Washington State Gambling Commission Approves Sports Betting
Snoqualmie Casino began construction of their sportsbook at the beginning of June in anticipation of launching late summer. SNOQUALMIE, WA -- In a 7-0 vote on June 10, 2021, the Washington State Gaming Commission (WSGC) approved the sports wagering amendment in...
Pechanga Resort Casino Hires New General Manager from within Resort/Casino’s Leadership Team
Before Tjeerd’s promotion to General Manager, he navigated Pechanga Resort Casino’s 3,000 Team Members through the pandemic and reopening of the property as Interim General Manager. TEMECULA, CA – The Pechanga Development Corporation today announced the promotion of...
Native Owned Eighth Generation Announces $30,000 Prize Fund For Wool Blanket Design Contest
Call for three artists to help Eighth Generation design three wool blankets. Seattle, WA -- Eighth Generation, owned by the Snoqualmie Tribe, is announcing the 2021 Wool Blanket Design Contest – the largest one ever. With a prize fund of approximately $30,000, the...
Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting Lands Lucrative DOD Contract
Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting, a company within Cherokee Federal, recently signed on to continue supporting the U.S. Air Force and other DOD agencies. (Courtesy Cherokee Federal) Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting, a company within Cherokee...
Tuvli Garners $13.9M Contract to Provide Cybersecurity Support to BIA
Tuvli, an Akima subsidiary, will provide the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) with cybersecurity services and monitoring. (akima.com)An Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) and SBA certified 8(a) business has won a contract to protect government information and immediately...
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Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting Lands Lucrative DOD Contract
Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting, a company within Cherokee Federal, recently signed on to continue supporting the U.S. Air Force and other DOD agencies. (Courtesy Cherokee Federal) Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting, a company within Cherokee...
Lance Morgan on Leveraging Revenue From Federal Contracts to Bolster Reservation Economies
Lance Morgan is President and CEO of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the award-winning economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Established in 1994 in Winnebago, Nebraska with one employee (Morgan), Ho-Chunk, Inc. has grown to over 1,000 employees.As...
New HUBZone Certification Increases Potawatomi Training’s Access to Federal Set-Asides
Potawatomi Training is a leading provider of training and instruction; flight and aircrew training; and intelligence operations support for both military and government agencies. (Photo Courtesy potawatomitr.com, U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd...
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Ute Mountain Casino Hotel Opens Its First-Ever Sportsbook
Indian Energy, LLC Founder Allen G. Cadreau (right) accepts the Business of the Year Award.TOWAOC, CO – In late August of this year, the Ute Mountain Casino Hotel has announced its plan to open the first-ever retail sportsbook powered by IGT’s market-leading...
Snoqualmie Casino Moves Closer to Launching Sportsbook as Washington State Gambling Commission Approves Sports Betting
Snoqualmie Casino began construction of their sportsbook at the beginning of June in anticipation of launching late summer. SNOQUALMIE, WA -- In a 7-0 vote on June 10, 2021, the Washington State Gaming Commission (WSGC) approved the sports wagering amendment in...
Pechanga Resort Casino Hires New General Manager from within Resort/Casino’s Leadership Team
Before Tjeerd’s promotion to General Manager, he navigated Pechanga Resort Casino’s 3,000 Team Members through the pandemic and reopening of the property as Interim General Manager. TEMECULA, CA – The Pechanga Development Corporation today announced the promotion of...
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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”...
NuWu Helping to Lead the Cannabiz Trend of Multi-Course Meals
Chef Marc Marrone of Graffiti Bao crafted the mouthwatering, THC-imbued foods served at the recent four-course dinner, hosted by Lowell Herb Co. in outdoor tents next to NuWu Cannabis Marketplace. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Herb Co.) What’s next in cannabis business...
USDA Greenlights Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s Hemp Production Plan
Hemp production may pave the road to greater economic sovereignty for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, whose plans to grow hemp on its reservation in South Dakota received federal approval last week. While the Tribe is celebrating this substantial end-of-year...
Pequot Perseverance: Chairman Rodney Butler Delivers a Bold Future Forecast
Foxwoods Resort Casino, based on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation in Connecticut, wants to leverage its brand power internationally. “We've certainly been pursuing branding and management opportunities, not just in the U.S. but around the globe,” Chairman...
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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...
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr.: Tribes Are Here for the Long Haul
Numerous factors differentiate Tribal economic impact from that of other businesses. But among them is that Tribal Nations reinvest a substantial portion of their revenue back into the community through infrastructure, education and more. Cherokee Nation Principal...
Clara Pratte Wins Environmental Genius Award for Innovators Under 40
Pratte reacts to the December 16th announcement of her selection as the 2020 winner of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. (UCLA)The Tribal engagement leader for President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign, Clara Pratte (Navajo) has won the 2020 Pritzker...
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First Tribally Affiliated Medical School Welcomes Inaugural Class of Doctors-in-Training
The first graduating class is expected to complete their medical education at the new facility in May 2024. The accredited medical school campus is located on the W.W. Hastings campus in Tahlequah, and is the first Tribally-affiliated medical school on Native land in...
For the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Healing Is More Than Just Health Care
Puyallup Tribe Vice Chairman Bill Sterud, Dr. Alan Shelton, Chairman David Z. Bean are seen here inside the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority building. (Courtesy Puyallup Tribe of Indians)This article originally appeared as the cover story of the summer 2019 edition of...
Native Business Podcast – Episode 15: DOE Tribal Energy Opportunities and Indian Energy, LLC Microgrid Solutions
On episode 15 of the Native Business Podcast, recorded in November of 2020 during the Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast, your host and the founder/publisher of Native Business Magazine, Gary Davis (Cherokee Nation), is joined by former leaders of the U.S....
Native Business to Release the Inaugural Class of the Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs Online
Native Business will be rolling out profiles of the Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs online at NativeBusinessMag.com to further uplift and promote their great work.
‘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.
Washington D.C. NFL Franchise Ditches the Racist Name
A demonstration against the racial slur at the Minneapolis Vikings' stadium in November 2014. Victory came Monday, July 13th, after decades of protest by Native Americans. (Flickr CC/Fibonacci Blue)Dan Snyder, owner of the National Football League's Washington D.C....
From the Editor: FedEx Pressures Redskins, Non-Gaming Economic Impact, Native Business Turns 2 Years Old
Carmen Davis, an enrolled member of the Makah Nation, and also Chippewa-Cree and Yakama, weighs in on the hottest news in business from across Indian Country the week of July 1-7, and offers perspective on this pivotal moment in history. Starting today, Native...
Pressure From Sponsors Spurs NFL Team With Racist Name to Review its Brand
FedEx Field (Flickr CC/Rory Finneren)Washington D.C.’s NFL football team has used a racist slur for its name since 1933. Today, the organization announced it will conduct a “thorough review” of its name and mascot. The move comes after title sponsor FedEx, which has...
Aleut Community Receives Grant for Aeronautics Training from Economic Development Administration
The internship and mentorship opportunities provided will immediately prepare residents for existing jobs, while building the capacity for automated commercial aircraft manufacturing in the region. WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced...
MHA Nation Envoy to Netherlands Served to Advance Tribal Food Sovereignty
Native Business Founder, Publisher and CEO Gary Davis and MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox discussed the Tribal envoy to the Netherlands and the Nation's food sovereignty initiative during the Native Business Virtual Summit live broadcast in November 2020. Chairman...
Cherokee Nation Views COVID as Impetus to Increase Domestic Production
"We determined that never again will Cherokee Nation be at the mercy of the government of the United States. We are actually engaged in constructing domestic production of masks here in Cherokee Nation," Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. said during the Native...
Chairman Fox: Oil Crisis Threatens to ‘Knockout’ MHA Nation’s Economy
The real “left hook” for the MHA Nation will come in May, followed by the “power-punch knockout” in June, “when we could lose 80 to 90% of our revenue,” said MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox, who favors boxing analogies. If oil prices don’t rebound, the Tribe stands to...
New England Tribes Prepare to Enter Hydropower Market
A consortium of New England Tribes may be ready to kickstart an effort to get into the energy market after their first attempt crashed into a budget black hole.
Aaron Schutt on Doyon, Limited’s Growth and Planning for the Next Hundred Years
This feature on Aaron M. Schutt, Doyon, Limited President and CEO, originally appeared as the cover story of Native Business Magazine’s January/February 2019 “Energy” print edition. Aaron Schutt, a Koyukon Athabascan and an enrolled member of the Native Village of…
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...
Clara Pratte Wins Environmental Genius Award for Innovators Under 40
Pratte reacts to the December 16th announcement of her selection as the 2020 winner of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. (UCLA)The Tribal engagement leader for President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign, Clara Pratte (Navajo) has won the 2020 Pritzker...
Haaland Is Biden’s Pick for Interior Secretary
Haaland (D-New Mexico) is an enrolled citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. Haaland can remain in her House seat until her confirmation as Secretary of the Interior by the U.S. Senate is complete. In its 171-year-old...