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...
Skydance Brewing and OnCue Release Craft Beer Collaboration
Skydance Brewing Company is an Oklahoma City, OK Native American owned craft brewery. STILLWATER, OK – OnCue and Skydance Brewing introduce a limited-edition craft beer named OK Heritage Ale as part of OnCue’s local brewery collaboration series. "As Oklahoma's Native...
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe Announces Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy
Participants can make weekly football picks and play free online games daily to win prizes. Stateline, NV. – Hotel Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will take part in the Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy now - Feb. 13, 2022. Participants can make weekly football picks...
Snoqualmie Casino Launches First Sportsbook in Washington State on Opening Day of the NFL Season
Snoqualmie Casino received regulatory approval on August 31, allowing the licensing of vendors, one of the final steps in opening. Snoqualmie, WA – The Snoqualmie Casino made history on September 9, 2021 with the opening of the first sportsbook in Washington State....
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Agua Caliente Casinos Set to Host GAMEACON
Agenda includes Games, Gaming Influencer Appearances, ESports Tournaments, Panels, Virtual Reality and Awards. Rancho Mirage, CA -- Agua Caliente Casinos, the award-winning premier casino and entertainment resort in the Coachella Valley with three distinct properties...
Scientific Games Brings Impressive 10 Foot Slot Cabinet to Pechanga Resort Casino
Scientific Games Corporation brings their largest and most visually dramatic slot cabinet standing over 10 feet tall and featuring 55-inch touch screens to its first California casino floor at Pechanga Resort Casino Temecula, CA – Scientific Games Corporation...
Chickasaw Nation’s Governor Anoatubby Leads Groundbreaking for Chickasaw Community Bank in Oklahoma City
Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, center, leads groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Chickasaw Community Bank location, 7420 W. Memorial Road, Oklahoma City, Friday, June 25, along with Lt. Governor Chris Anoatubby, bank CEO TW Shannon, bank board members,...
Gaming Executive Yale Rowe Named President and General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Lake Tahoe
27-year industry veteran returns to Hard Rock roots and will oversee growth of 539-room hotel and casino in picturesque Lake Tahoe. LAKE TAHOE, NV – Gaming industry veteran Yale Rowe has been named President and General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Lake...
Pechanga Resort Casino Ushers Back Entertainment with Summer and Fall Show Lineup
Fully vaccinated guests do not need to wear face masks while at Pechanga Resort Casino. TEMECULA, CA – Pechanga Resort Casino announces it will welcome back the return of live entertainment in mid-August. Upcoming shows and concerts have been scheduled for the late...
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PlayGila allows users to play popular casino games from the palm of their hand and earn rewards that are redeemable at Gila River’s three locations. CHANDLER, AZ – Gila River Hotels & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Lone Butte & Vee Quiva is elevating the gaming...
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Native Silversmith Candice Ruhl Creates Line of Totem Necklaces to Honor Native Culture and Heritage
Ruhl, a proud member of the Ojibwe Tribe who has been a silversmith for 15 years, When Candice Ruhl’s son encountered discrimination for the first time due to his Native heritage, she knew that she had to do something about it. “I was really upset,” Ruhl told Native...
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MIT to Host Inaugural Indigenous Digital Delegation
Delegate Jackson 2Bears, a Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) artist and cultural theorist, will bring his work-in-progress, Ne:Kahwistará:ken, a virtual Haudenosaunee longhouse, to workshop at the Indigenous Digital and Media Delegation at MIT.Ten Indigenous media scholars and...
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Heartfelt Advice for Entrepreneurs From the Diné Founder of a Personnel Security Firm
President and Owner of Personnel Security Consultants, Michele Justice, Diné, is also a licensed private investigator through the state of New Mexico.For Michele Justice, as a Diné woman, a desire to impact her community is embedded in the very fabric of her being. “I...
Study: Non-Gaming Tribal Businesses in Michigan Generate $288M Economic Impact
Waséyabek Development Co. LLC, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi's non-gaming arm, and Gun Lake Investments, the non-gaming economic investment entity of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, or the Gun Lake Tribe, coinvested in McKay...
U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Centers Appoints Cherokee Federal to First Multibillion-Dollar Contract
U.S. Navy’s Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers Southwest artisans work on an F/A-18 Super Hornet. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Janes)Cherokee Federal Red Wing has been selected to join the U.S. Navy’s Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers’ first ever multibillion-dollar...
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Circling Raven Sustains, Builds Upon Record Business Numbers in 2021 Season
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Gila River Hotels & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Lone Butte & Vee Quiva Launches Free-to-Play Online Social Casino
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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...
Plans for 3rd Annual Tribal GREEN Symposium Ramp Up on Tails of USDA’s Revised Hemp Guidelines
Native Network Consulting anticipates interest in the 3rd Annual Tribal GREEN Symposium gaining even greater traction than prior years, given the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s release of revised hemp guidelines on October 29, 2019.
Tribal Cannabis Tasting Room in Sin City Lets You Sample the Goods
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Harvest Nation’s Indoor Aeroponic Farming Systems Solve Food Insecurity, Boost Local Economies
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Pequot Health Care Names an Oncology Center as Preferred Partner
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation to Launch Genomic Health Program With HudsonAlpha
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is breaking into an emerging medical discipline that integrates genomic information in precision medicine. Essentially, a genome, or a complete set of DNA, is mapped to help understand disease risks, potential responses to therapy, and...
Tallchief Outdoor Events Center Launches Inaugural Season
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Premiere ‘Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs’ Issue Shines a Light on Business Visionaries Across Indian Country
Thousands of subscribers across North America, every member of Congress and all attendees of the Native Business Summit will soon hold in their hands the May 2019 “Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs” issue. Our debut “Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs” issue...
Sean Sherman Discusses Plans for his Sioux Chef-Branded Restaurant & First of Many Indigenous Food Labs
Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota, is working on two major projects in the Minneapolis area: the first Indigenous Food Lab, featuring a nonprofit restaurant, and a Sioux Chef-branded, for-profit restaurant.
Investors Target Sponsors to Sever Ties With DC NFL Team
A march and rally on October 28, 2013, demanding the Washington D.C.-based NFL team change its name. (Flickr/CC Controversial Media)There is a new push for multi-billion dollar corporations including Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo to divorce themselves from sponsorship of...
Banks Move to Close Racial Wealth Gap, Foster Minority Entrepreneurship
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SBA, Treasury Release New EZ and Revised Full Forgiveness PPP Applications
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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...
How Mohegan Sun Earned the ‘Industry Innovator’ Title
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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr.: Tribes Are Here for the Long Haul
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Mohegan Renewable Energy Is Using American Waste Wood to Keep the Lights on in Europe
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Harvard: If Feds Do Not Address Tribal Revenue, All Americans Will Suffer
Harvard University’s dire prediction holds that Tribal economies could lose $49.5 billion with the shutdown of non-essential businesses, and that a failure of Tribal economies could imperil whole swaths of the larger American economy.
MIT Fellowship Seeks Indigenous-Led Solutions to Drive Social, Economic Impact
MIT Solve has launched the third year of its Indigenous Communities Fellowship, seeking Indigenous-led solutions that drive social, environmental, and economic impact in Native communities across the U.S.
The Pandemic Is Fueling Female Entrepreneurship
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Meet Shawn Thompson: Retired Air Force Colonel Brings Expertise to Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting
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