Las Vegas-Style Games Debut at Gila River Hotels & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass
Gila River Hotels & Casinos executives pose in front of a roulette table several weeks prior to setting up Las Vegas-style live table games on the casino floor at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler. L-R: Joseph Young, Corporate Vice President of Gaming Operations;...
Art Installation Unveiling and Dedication Commemorates Historical Grape Vine Prairie Peace Circle Meeting
Artwork by Linda Lewis depicts Sam Houston meeting with Tribes on the Grape Vine Prairie in Texas.The art installation dedication will consist of representatives from Tribal nations represented, the Sam Houston Memorial Museum and members of the advisory...
Mohegan Sun Pocono to Open Brand-New Outdoor Terrace Bar, Entertainment Venue and Topgolf Swing Suites
These exciting new offerings are a part of collective enhancements planned for Mohegan Sun Pocono, billed as Project Starlight. A $10 million hotel renovation is also underway. WILKES-BARRE, PA – Mohegan Sun Pocono (MSP) guests are in for a treat as 2022 heats up....
National Native American Human Resources Association Announce the 2019 And 2020 HR Leader Of The Year
The HR Leader of the year award is presented annually during NNAHRA’s national conference, recognizing an HR Leader who has exemplified the strategic role in the past twelve months and who is otherwise an outstanding leader within the HR community. WASHINGTON, D.C. –...
Indigenous Nursing Program Receives $2.2 Million Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant
Now entering their fifth year, Niganawenimaanaanig supports Indigenous nursing students within BSU’s four-year and RN-BS tracks, that are enrolled members of a tribal nation or a descendant of an enrolled member. Bemidji, MN — Following a competitive federal...
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Cherokee Nation Businesses has a global footprint with several thousand professionals in 50 States, 26 countries and 2 territories.Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit Biz "Spotlight" featuring Tim Roberts, Vice President of International...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from JC Seneca: Founder, Tallchief Hemp, Native Pride Travel Plaza and Six Nations Manufacturing
Mr. Seneca is a member of the Seneca Nation and started his first business in 1987. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring from Mr. JC Seneca who is the Founder of Tallchief Hemp,...
Winnebago Company Launches Smokable CBD Hemp Product
The new product is called Niota (pronounced NYE-Oh-tah). WINNEBAGO, Nebraska – A new business started by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economic development entity has launched its first hemp product, a smokable preroll made with CBD flower. Winnebago Agriculture...
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...
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...
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San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...
Lac Vieux Desert Partners with PointsBet Online and Mobile Sports Betting to Go Live in Michigan
PointsBet and Lac Vieux Desert debuting best-in-class technology, promotions, bet types and more for Michigan, including a ‘Win-Win’ promotion for all clients in the state WATERSMEET, MI — PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, today announced that it will...
New Partnership Gives Indigenous Filmmakers Platform
Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program Director Bird Runningwater at the 2015 Native Filmmakers Lab. Sundance will be advising on the partnership for scripts from Indigenous filmmakers. (2015 Sundance Institute | Photo by Babak Dowlatshahi) To increase Indigenous...
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...
Chaudhuri Addresses Pandemic’s Disruption to $34.1B Tribal Gaming Industry
Former NIGC Chairman Jonodev O. Chaudhuri (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) participated in a recent SBC Digital Summit panel with Conrad Granito, General Manager of the Muckleshoot Casino (the largest Tribal gaming operation in the Pacific Northwest), and Sheila Morago,...
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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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Four Tribes’ Federal Construction Contracts Are on the Rise
“We have 20 contracts in negotiations right now, ranging from $900,000 up to $25 million,” says Doyle Lowry, CEO of the Susanville Indian Rancheria's Four Tribes. As the CEO of Four Tribes Construction Services, a general contracting firm owned by the Susanville...
Sister Sky, Inc. to Leverage Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs Issue as Curriculum Material
Profiles of the Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs will enhance Sister Sky, Inc.’s training materials with modern-day ‘case studies’ of creating and scaling businesses.
Seven Generations Architecture + Engineering: Building Success
The firm’s recent growth is significantly bolstered by its creative approach to healthcare design.
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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...
San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...
Lac Vieux Desert Partners with PointsBet Online and Mobile Sports Betting to Go Live in Michigan
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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to Open ‘Naturopathic’ Cannabis Store
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is taking a holistic approach with its cannabis store forecasted to open this fall in Blyn, Washington.
Alex White Plume, Evo Hemp Partnership Grows: New CBD Body Care & Food Products to Debut at Expo West
Evo Hemp is expanding its product lines co-created with Lakota entrepreneur Alex White Plume, introducing a CBD-infused body care line and CBD-infused food products at the Natural Products Expo West.
Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Converted Former Casino Into a Cannabis Campus
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel closed its casino in 2014, and has since converted the property into a growing/cultivation operation, and cannabis-byproduct manufacturing facility. The Tribe opened the doors to its cannabis storefront, Mountain Source, in mid-February.
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Theresa Desautel opened her Red Willow Café on the Colville Reservation with assistance from the CDFI Northwest Native Development Fund. (Photo by Uzoma Obasi/Northwest Area Foundation)Relief is on the way for Native small business owners. A total of $6 million in...
Native Americans Seemingly Left Out of JPMorgan Chase’s $30B Commitment to Advance Racial Equity
JPMorgan Chase’s $30 billion commitment serves to “drive an inclusive economic recovery, support employees and break down barriers of systemic racism.” But its emphasis on Black and Latinx communities seemingly leaves Native Americans out of the equation. Pictured:...
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Honoring Our Ancestors Who Built and Sustained Thriving Economies
Fourteen states — Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin — as well as the District of Columbia and more than 130 cities celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place...
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Chickasaw Nation Industries Recognizes its Employees Supporting CDC
Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. is fulfilling its role in stemming the coronavirus outbreak by continuing its work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CNI recently acknowledged its employees for both serving on the front lines, in the wake of...
Tribal Organizations Emphasize Strain of COVID-19 on Tribal Governments
The number of positive tests for COVID-19 has reached a total of 26 for residents of the Navajo Nation. That anecdote merely paints a picture of the escalating situation countrywide, and how all Tribal Nations are severely impacted. Tribal economies are taking a...
Prairie Island Selects Indian Energy to Lead Technical Consultants on $46M Net Zero Project
Two Native American firms will be technical consultants on the $46 million energy projectPRAIRIE ISLAND, Minnesota –The Prairie Island Indian Community has selected a team led by Indian Energy (IE) and Chief Strategy Group (CSG), both Native American-owned companies,...
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In Symbolic Turnaround, Paskenta Band Receives Certification from Centre for Fiduciary Excellence
On the 25th anniversary of achieving status as a sovereign nation, the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians was recognized as the first Tribal government in California to receive certification from the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence.
Impact Study Highlights Otoe-Missouria as Rising Economic Powerhouse in Oklahoma
The Otoe-Missouria’s enterprises have a direct impact of $79.9 million, an indirect impact of $37.1 million, and an induced impact of $39.5 million on Oklahoma and Kansas.
Growth Spurt: Native American Bank Opens Doors to New Headquarters & First Branch in Colorado
Native American Bank’s new headquarters and its first branch in Colorado is now open for business in downtown Denver. Heading into 2019, NAB President and CEO Thomas Ogaard leveled with Native Business about the challenges that come with organizational growth.
Mississippi Band of Choctaws Demonstrate Value of Sports Betting in Indian Country
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw's Timeout Lounge is leading the way in Tribal sports betting, and bringing a new demographic to their resort. (iStock)In May of 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), declaring...
Digital Innovation: Native American Bank Introduces Mobile App & More Tech-Forward Solutions
As President and CEO Thomas Ogaard has emphasized to us, Native American Bank is committed to being forward-thinking in Indian Country, as well as in the banking industry at large. “I see technological innovation as being a key component to what we do,” Ogaard...
From the Editor: Why ‘Embracing Innovation to Empower Indian Country’ Inspired the 2020 Native Business Summit
“Opportunity is limitless, if we dare to innovate,” says Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama). What defines strong leadership in times of uncertainty? What bolsters resilience and emboldens the future of Indian Country?...
Navajo Geoscience Engineer at Sandia Named 2019 Most Promising Engineer or Scientist by AISES
Dylan Moriarty’s main project at Sandia involves monitoring ongoing site integrity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Final Order Approved Transfer of All Cloud Peak Mine Assets to Navajo Transitional Energy Company
A final approval on October 3 transferred Cloud Peak’s Montana and Wyoming mines to NTEC — and ushered NTEC into the echelons of the largest producers of coal in the country.
Reimagining the Three Sisters: Finding a New Symbiosis in Tribal Food and Energy Sovereignty
The Three Sisters is a 5,000-year-old traditional agricultural method utilized by Native Americans to improve crop efficiency in limited space.
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...
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...
New COO to Further Mohegan Gaming’s International Growth Plans
COO Ray Pineault, who replaces the recently exited Michael Silberling, will guide Mohegan through the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of enhanced performance and continuous international expansion.New leadership is powering Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE)...