Executive Order to Remove Regulations to Stimulate Economic Recovery
The “Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery” executive order intends to spur the post-pandemic economy by waiving agency regulations. “The virus has attacked our nation’s economy as well as its health,” states the White House announcement. President Donald...
Tribal Diagnostics Takes on COVID-19 Testing While Guarding Tribal Sovereignty
A Tribal Diagnostic lab tech conducts COVID-19 testing on April 23, 2020. (Courtesy Tribal Diagnostics)Native-owned Tribal Diagnostics recently shifted to conduct COVID-19 testing in its Oklahoma City lab. While the company counts clients across the nation, founder...
AB 855 Ramos Bill to Honor California Native Americans with Paid Holiday Advances
AB 855 would amend the Code of Civil Procedure to recognize California Native American Day as a judicial holidaySACRAMENTO—The California State Assembly Judiciary Committee on March 23, 2021 approved a measure on a bipartisan 10-0 vote to allow state and local court...
Shinnecock Victory: Tribal Sign to Stay Lit, Judge Denies State Injunction
The Shinnecock Indian Nation debuted its economic development project, Shinnecock Monument, in early May 2019 to generate Tribal revenues. The Nation's billboard signs in particular have proved a point of contention with the State of New York, but a judge has ruled in...
Chaudhuri Addresses Pandemic’s Disruption to $34.1B Tribal Gaming Industry
Former NIGC Chairman Jonodev O. Chaudhuri (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) participated in a recent SBC Digital Summit panel with Conrad Granito, General Manager of the Muckleshoot Casino (the largest Tribal gaming operation in the Pacific Northwest), and Sheila Morago,...
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3 Fundamental Fixes Needed for Tribes to Bridge the Digital Divide
While South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the high-profile event pivoted to host forums virtually. A panel discussion on broadband in Indian Country made the transition to an online environment, and Native stakeholders...
S&K Technologies Wins $22M DOE Contract, Pivots Operations Due to COVID-19
A global small business leader in technology and aerospace, S&K Technologies Inc. is pivoting amid the novel coronavirus pandemic to focus on safety, while continuing to meet its 69 contractual obligations — 45 of which are priority-related for the US Military.
Poarch Creek’s Muskogee Technology Is Producing Vital PPE Amid COVID-19
Muskogee Technology — a manufacturing company that meets the needs of the aerospace, defense, heavy machinery, wind energy, and oil and gas industries — has pivoted to produce critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including hospital gowns, to aid healthcare...
Mohegan Renewable Energy Is Using American Waste Wood to Keep the Lights on in Europe
A wood pellet business like Mohegan Renewable Energy’s depends on raw materials that are essentially unwanted, harvesting irregular wood from logging operations, or remnants and sawdust from sawmills.
Harvard: If Feds Do Not Address Tribal Revenue, All Americans Will Suffer
Harvard University’s dire prediction holds that Tribal economies could lose $49.5 billion with the shutdown of non-essential businesses, and that a failure of Tribal economies could imperil whole swaths of the larger American economy.
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