Gary and Carmen Davis Launch ‘Native Business’ to Shine a Light on Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Indian Country
A wealth of ingenuity and strategic planning for economic growth exists across Indian Country. Yet these stories and blueprints for economic success are often bucketed and contained within their communities.
A Tribe Called Red Tape: The BIA’s Costly Energy Permitting Process
As reservation poverty rates and unemployment remain among the highest in the nation, tribes sit on an estimated $1.5 trillion in untapped oil, natural gas, coal, and other valuable minerals. Billions of megawatts in solar and wind energy potential lie dormant as well.
Robert J. Miller: Diversify to Recession-Proof Native Economies
“We need diversification to be more recession proof,” argues Robert J. Miller, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe and Professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Robert J. Miller, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, insists...
CEO Anthony Mallott on Sealaska Corporation’s Big Comeback
When Anthony Mallott took the reins as CEO of Sealaska on June 28, 2014, the company was under water. In 2013, it lost $35 million and hadn’t broken even on its own operations in 15 years.
Decolonizing Philanthropy: Edgar Villanueva Wants to Change How You Think About ‘Helping’ Native Communities
Edgar Villanueva was frustrated. After 14 years spent working in philanthropy, he was tired of tiny amounts of money trickling down to Native communities that made limited or no impact.
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San Manuel Raises Tournament Charitable Donations to $1.6M
Over the last 20-plus years, the annual San Manuel Golf Tournament has donated more than $1.6 million in charitable funds to 36 nonprofit organizations.
Meet Clara Pratte, Founder of Strongbow Strategies and a Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneur
“My mother always told me that there’s no such thing as saying, ‘That’s not my job,’” says Clara Pratte, CEO of Strongbow Strategies, a multi-disciplinary firm.
Investigation Into Claims of Minority Status to Win Federal Contracts Prompts St. Louis to Decertify 5 Operators
Officials in St. Louis have decertified at least five businesses that had claimed Native American status to receive minority set-aside government contracts.
Ho-Chunk Farms to Grow Hemp Through Nebraska Pilot Program
Hemp fields will take root this summer on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska. Ho-Chunk Farms was among the 10 businesses and organizations awarded a state license to start hemp farming in 2019.
Meet Vicki Vasques, Founder of Tribal Tech, LLC, and a Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneur
Today Tribal Tech, LLC, Victoria Vasques’ 8(a) startup, has an impressive and growing collection of awards as one of the fastest-growing small businesses in the Washington, D.C. federal marketplace.
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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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Multiple Tribal Casinos Nationwide Partnered With NFL Teams in 2019
Since the Cowboys and WinStar blazed the trail forward, many Tribally owned casinos and NFL teams have followed suit, inking mutually beneficial partnerships.
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Meet Ben Jacobs, the Osage Co-Founder of Tocabe and a Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneur
A decade ago, Ben Jacobs opened the doors to Tocabe, American Indian Eatery in Denver, Colorado.
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