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...
Choctaw Development Fund Awards More Than $99k to Town of Red Oak
New Red Oak Reading Center to open in Summer 2021. Pictured: Jennifer Woods, Choctaw Nation Tribal Council Member and Town of Red Oak and Reading Center representatives. Photo credit: Choctaw Nation. RED OAK, OK – On April 13, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the...
Hunter Leveraged Her Experience to Grow Tanka Bar Into its Namesake: ‘Larger Than Life’
In the Lakota language, Tanka means “larger than life,” and that’s what the company is becoming.Native Business previously interviewed Karlene Hunter about how she capitalized her Tanka Bar-making business in 2007. We share that original Q&A below. In July, the...
Indigenous Facebook Product Designer Inspires Young Natives to Break Into Tech
“Privilege places us at different points in life — but doing the most with what you have, being resourceful, being optimistic and patient with yourself — that can be life changing,” Danielle Forward told Native Business. (Courtesy Forward)A member of the Cloverdale...
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Bay Mills Resort to Launch Sports Betting With DraftKings
DraftKings Sportsbook, currently the top-rated mobile sportsbook, will be available in Michigan after penning a partnership with Bay Mills Resort & Casino. Bay Mills Resort and Casino has partnered with a major sports betting website to bring retail, online and...
Spirit Lake Native Farms: Sustaining Tradition and the Wild Rice Economy
“We migrated to where the food grows on the water, so if we don’t utilize that, we will lose it,” says Bruce Savage, founder of Spirit Lake Native Farms. (Photo by Elizabeth Hoover)This article originally appeared in the June 2019 “Tourism, Agriculture & Natural...
SoftBank’s $100M Opportunity Fund Aims to Back Entrepreneurs of Color
SoftBank has created a $100 million Opportunity Fund to invest in diverse entrepreneurs. (Courtesy flickr)SoftBank, one of the largest tech investment companies in the world, announced Wednesday it would put up $100 million of its own capital to create an Opportunity...
Federal Court Sides With Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Land Suit
“We all share a profound belief in the importance of tribal sovereignty as a vehicle to preserve and protect our culture and traditions. This is what has driven our people to fight day in and day out to ensure our land remains in trust,” Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal...
PPP Flexibility Act Heads to Trump for Signature
The new PPP Flexibility Act loosens restrictions on how small business owners use their funding.The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to approve the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act of 2020 late Wednesday, June 3. The Act offers small business owners...
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