Osage Entrepreneur Geoff Hager Put Everything on the Line to Launch Big Elk
"You may have a solid business plan with great analytics, but at the end of the day, people invest in people. You have to get your message across in a short amount of time why someone would want to invest in you," says Geoff Hager, a direct descendant of Osage chief...
MHA Nation Condemns North Dakota’s ‘Greed-Based’ Efforts to Intervene in Lawsuit
“MHA Nation has a long history of standing up to deception, greed and broken promises, and we will continue to stand firmly in the truth,” said MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox. (Courtesy MHA Nation)On August 10th, North Dakota filed a motion to intervene in the...
Could Cryptocurrencies Present the Potential to Diversify Tribal Assets?
There are nearly 5,000 cryptocurrency assets with Bitcoin being the most well-known. While cryptocurrencies operating on blockchain technology have existed since 2009, when Bitcoin was introduced, the past few years have seen a dramatic increase in cryptocurrency...
Diné Founder of Orenda Tribe Translates Her Entrepreneurial Mind to Pandemic Aid
“I have a really intensive skill set as a business and fashion executive to apply to pandemic aid,” Orenda Tribe's Founder Amy Yeung, Diné, tells Native Business. (Ramsay De Give, Courtesy Orenda Tribe)After a 30-year career designing for fast-fashion corporations,...
Building a Tourism Operation Near Mystical Antelope Canyon
Native Business spoke with Roseann Littleman and her husband Lester about capitalizing Arrowhead Campground & the Navajo Wagon tours.Roseann and Lester Littleman invite tourists to unplug and experience the Diné way of life in the rugged, high-desert landscape of...
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Edgar Villanueva Urges Philanthropy to Fuel Racial Justice Movement
Edgar Villanueva, Lumbee author of Decolonizing Wealth, is challenging philanthropic institutions to take deliberate action toward racial justice.Edgar Villanueva, who is a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, author of Decolonizing Wealth, and founder of...
All Native Group, a Ho-Chunk, Inc. Subsidiary, Partners With IHS to Lead COVID-19 Response
Employees from All Native Group, a division of Ho-Chunk, Inc., will comprise the Indian Health Service (IHS) Critical Care Response Team, created to provide life-saving medical care to COVID-19 patients across 44 federally and Tribally managed IHS facilities. These...
Updated ‘Broken Promises’ Report Will Hold Administration Accountable to Indian Country
"Congress will have an opportunity to address the longstanding failures of the federal government," said Congresswoman Deb Haaland. The Coronavius pandemic has exacerbated the problems already identified in the report Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding...
Tribe Sues Treasury Over Use of ‘Highly Unreliable’ Metric to Allocate CARES Funding
Prairie Band suit is corroborated by a recent Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development report that reveals Treasury relied on a population data series that produces “arbitrary and capricious" representations of Tribes’ enrolled citizens to calculate the...
Interior Approves Comanche, Otoe-Missouria Tribal Gaming Compacts in Oklahoma
Otoe-Missouria Tribal Chairman John Shotton (left) and Comanche Nation Chairman William Nelson Sr. (right), announcing in April their new Tribal-state compacts, now approved by Interior.The U.S. Department of Interior has approved two Tribal gaming compacts in...
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