Indian Energy LLC Awarded $1.2M by California Energy Commission to Demonstrate Energy Storage Solution
Allen G. Cadreau, CEO of Indian Energy (right), shakes the hand of U.S. Army Major General Christopher Donahue (left). (Courtesy Indian Energy) Without a storage solution, 100% renewable energy penetration is not possible. Indian Energy, LLC holds the final key to...
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...
Entrepreneur Amongst Native American Hall of Fame 2021 Class of Inductees
Dave Anderson, Ojibwe, of the Famous Daves Barbecue restaurant chain is one of the eight notable Native Americans honored in 2021. Great Falls, MT -- The National Native American Hall of Fame is pleased to announce eight new inductees into this year’s slate of...
Accelerate Business Growth with ACTIVBonding
Kevin Wimsatt, Chief Executive Officer of Bold Concepts, ACTIVBonding's parent company (Courtesy Bold Concepts)Want an edge in the crowded federal construction market? Increased bonding capacity empowers businesses to acquire higher-value contracts, thus maximizing...
AMERIND Is Tribes Protecting Tribes, Doing the Right Thing to Help Tribes
AMERIND Risk is consistent in how they conduct business: “AMERIND sticks to their Tribes Protecting Tribes vision,” says Devony Metcalf, Vice President/Insurance Broker on the Tribal Insurance Team at Rogers Insurance Center (RIC Agency). Meet Devony Metcalf,...
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Securing a PPP Loan Helped to Power Tocabe’s Reopening
Tocabe counts two brick-and-mortar locations, plus a food truck. “Within days of the lockdowns beginning we lost 80% of our sales,” Ben Jacobs, the Osage co-founder of Tocabe, told Native Business. (Photo by Rachel Greiman, Green Chair Stories) For more than 11 years,...
Washington Tribes Leverage the Cannabis Economy
Remedy Tulalip is based in Quil Ceda Village, the Tulalip Tribes’ shopping/entertainment district, located off the I-5 corridor just north of Seattle. (Genna Martin, Courtesy Remedy Tulalip)This article originally appeared in the June 2019 “Tourism, Agriculture &...
CNB Files Affidavit of Bias Against Lopsided Voter for Arkansas Casino License
The seven-member Arkansas Racing Commission favored the Gulfside Casino Partnership, 637-572, over the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma for the lone casino permit to build in Pope County, Arkansas. But one commissioner’s lopsided score against Cherokee Nation Businesses...
Hard Rock International, Seminole Gaming Name New President of Entertainment
Newly appointed as President of Entertainment, Keith Sheldon will oversee and direct entertainment for both Seminole Gaming, which manages seven Florida gaming locations, and the global brand Hard Rock International, also owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida....
Tribe Sues Trump Over Threats to Pull COVID-19 Funds If Checkpoints Not Shut-Down
A COVID-19 checkpoint on the border of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. President Trump's chief of staff threatened to withhold federal COVID-19 relief from the Tribe if it refused to remove checkpoints intended to limit the spread of the coronavirus, states a...

