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...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch This Empowering Virtual Biz Spotlight feat. Tim Roberts, VP of International Expansion at Cherokee Nation Businesses
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...
Tribal Tech, LLC Ranked on Inc. 5000 List, 7-Time Honoree
It was two decades ago when Victoria Vasques (Diegueño of the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians) left her 25-year public service career to launch Tribal Tech, LLC, her 8(a) business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. She stepped down from her position at the...
Robert J. Miller: Diversify to Recession-Proof Native Economies
“We need diversification to be more recession proof,” argues Robert J. Miller, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe and Professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Robert J. Miller, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, insists...
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Yurok Tribe Helps Tribal Businesses, Entrepreneurs in Crisis with $2M in Relief Funding
The Yurok Alliance CDFI is administering a new program to assist Yurok Tribe business owners, who are facing financial difficulties because of COVID-19. (Courtesy Yurok Tribe)Many Yurok Tribe business owners and entrepreneurs have experienced devastating losses due to...
Northern Arapaho Tribe Granted Nearly $5M for Improved Water Infrastructure and Fighting COVID-19
The Northern Arapaho Tribe received nearly $5 million in federal grants to modernize critical water infrastructure and help combat the spread of COVID-19 on the Wind River Reservation. (Courtesy Northern Arapaho Tribe / Facebook)A $4.5 million federal grant will help...
Cochiti Pueblo Granted $2.9 Million to Close Digital Divide
The State of New Mexico has awarded Cochiti Pueblo nearly $2.9 million in emergency funding to bring high speed Internet to the pueblo. (Courtesy Cochiti Pueblo / Facebook)Inter-Governmental Agreement signed by Pueblo of Cochiti Gov. Charles D. Naranjo and New Mexico...
MHA Nation to Fight Interior Removal of its Missouri River Property & Mineral Rights
Research identifies numerous legal and historical events that support the riverbed ownership of the MHA Nation across nearly two centuries. (Photo Courtesy MHA Nation: Our River, Our Home)“The legal and historical precedent is clear: MHA Nation owns the rights under...
Séka Hills: Estate Grown in the Capay Valley by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
Olive groves span nearly 500 acres of the Yocha Dehe Valley, the ancestral homelands of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. (Courtesy Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation)This article originally appeared in the June 2019 “Tourism, Agriculture & Natural Resources” print edition of...
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