From Batter to Bubbles: Justine Osceola Shares Her Entrepreneurial Journey
Justine Osceola, Founder of Made by Justine O LLC, originally started her career baking cakes. She soon discovered the demand, and her love, of making soaps. (Courtesy Justine Osceola)This article originally appeared in the summer 2019 edition of Native Business...
The Pandemic Is Fueling Female Entrepreneurship
A recent study reveals that female entrepreneurship can improve the global economy to the tune of $2.5 trillion. (iStock) Studies show the pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women, many of whom are balancing work with motherhood and homeschooling. Yet women...
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...
How to Launch a Native Energy Startup
Tulsa-based Big Elk Energy Systems builds massive parts, the size of semi tractor-trailers, for use in the pipeline industry. Geoff Hager has some advice for potential Native entrepreneurs who want to follow his lead in starting up a successful energy-related company:...
Inside the Groundbreaking Native Business Virtual Summit Live Broadcast
The first-ever Native Business Virtual Summit live broadcast (NativeBusinessSummit.com) was a success. The event was live streamed to viewers across North America from the Native Business production studios, November 17-20th. The epic, four-day groundbreaking event...
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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...
Esselen Tribe Purchases Ancestral Lands Near Big Sur, Part of $4.5M Deal
The land, five miles inland from the ocean, is north of Little Sur River, where endangered steelhead spawn. (Western Rivers Conservancy)“The land is the most important thing to us. It is our homeland, the creation story of our lives,” says Tom Little Bear Nason,...
Federal Judge: Oklahoma Tribal Compacts Auto-Renewed January 1 for 15 Years
Oklahoma's compacts with more than 30 Tribes automatically renewed on January 1, 2020 for another 15-year term, an Oklahoma federal judge determined yesterday. The compacts are not subject to renegotiating. The ruling hands a victory to the Cherokee, Chickasaw and...
From the Editor: Stand With Mashpee, Rights to Spectrum on Tribal Lands, Entrepreneurial Grit
Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama) reflects on what’s happening across Indian Country and why it matters in our weekly “From the Editor.”Protect. Protection is ingrained in our ancestral DNA. We have always known and, through...
Native Nations Own Broadband Spectrum on Tribal Lands: Haaland, Warren Bill to Grant Permanent Access
“Our DIGITAL Reservations bill will help Tribes fully realize self-governance and protect their sovereign right to manage their own natural resources on Tribal lands and ensure Native communities aren’t stuck in the digital divide,” said Congresswoman Haaland.If...
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Tribes, Connecticut at Odds Over Sports Betting Bills
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has endorsed a bill that would legalize sports betting for all gambling stakeholders in the state: Tribal casino operators, the Connecticut Lottery and all licensed off-track betting vendors. The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribes,...
FireKeepers Hotel Garners Four Diamond AAA Rating for Fifth Consecutive Year
For the fifth year running, FireKeepers Casino Hotel has been designated a Four Diamond Hotel by AAA. FireKeepers’ 243-room hotel is part of an exclusive group of hotels; only 6.3 percent of the more than 27,000 hotels evaluated receive the AAA Four Diamond rating....
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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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For Fourth Straight Year, ilani Named Top Casino Resort in the Northwest
ilani Casino Resort named Top Casino in the Northwest by Casino Player Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. (ilani Casino Resort/Facebook)Since the Cowlitz Indian Tribe opened ilani Casino Resort near La Center, Washington on April 24, 2017, it has been named Top...
Tribes, Connecticut at Odds Over Sports Betting Bills
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has endorsed a bill that would legalize sports betting for all gambling stakeholders in the state: Tribal casino operators, the Connecticut Lottery and all licensed off-track betting vendors. The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribes,...
FireKeepers Hotel Garners Four Diamond AAA Rating for Fifth Consecutive Year
For the fifth year running, FireKeepers Casino Hotel has been designated a Four Diamond Hotel by AAA. FireKeepers’ 243-room hotel is part of an exclusive group of hotels; only 6.3 percent of the more than 27,000 hotels evaluated receive the AAA Four Diamond rating....
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A Blackfeet Woman Builds TPMOCS From Heart and Sole
In 2014, Running Fisher Jones invested $25,000 of her own money to launch TPMOCS ― an all-Native business that creates handmade moccasins for infants and toddlers ― for the sole purpose of creating economic opportunity for her impoverished Tribe.
11 Native Start-ups Selected for Change Labs Business Incubator
Eleven Native American-owned start-ups have been selected from a competitive pool to enter the rigorous Change Labs Business Incubator.
Native Construction Company Protects Mother Earth While Reducing Costs
Metcon, based in Pembroke, North Carolina, now has five offices around the Carolinas and employs 80 people. It has been involved in 650 construction project completions over the years.
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From the Editor: Diversifying Revenue Streams & Uniting in Solidarity
Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama) reflects on economic diversification and why it matters now more than ever in our weekly “From the Editor.”For years, much of Indian Country has thought Indian gaming impervious to disruption....
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