Oklahoma Strikes New Compacts With Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Comanche Nation
The compacts contain updated fee structures and new casino locations, three for each Tribe. The compacts require Interior approval.
Tribal Operator of Largest Native American Health System in US Pivots to Telemedicine
While telemedicine has long been considered a good idea, it is even moreso in this time of emergency. The highly contagious COVID-19 virus has overwhelmed hospitals and endangers the health care workers who are heroically trying to stem the tide.
Native Business Video Learning: Watch this interview on Tribal Online Economic Development and Leveling the Playing Field with Technology
Esteemed panelists discuss the ways that Tribes can leverage the internet to expand their Tribal economiesEnjoy this informative Native Business Virtual Summit Broadcast segment, "Tribal Online Economic Development – Leveling the Playing Field with Technology". Native...
Aaron Schutt on Doyon, Limited’s Growth and Planning for the Next Hundred Years
This feature on Aaron M. Schutt, Doyon, Limited President and CEO, originally appeared as the cover story of Native Business Magazine’s January/February 2019 “Energy” print edition. Aaron Schutt, a Koyukon Athabascan and an enrolled member of the Native Village of…
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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Sanitation, Signage & Putting Employees First: Tribal C-Store Response to COVID-19
One of the Chehalis Tribe’s three End of the Trail c-stores. (Photo Courtesy Chehalis Tribal Enterprises) The Tribal Convenience Store Association and Tribal C-Store Operators Weigh in on Remaining Open, While Taking Precautionary Measures Against COVID-19 As many...
Pontiac Group Offers Drone Delivery of Life-Saving Medical Supplies
Pontiac Group was co-founded by visionary entrepreneurs Jonathon Araujo, Odawa from the Wikwemikong First Nation; and Jacob Taylor, Mississauga from Curve Lake First Nation. The Ohsweken, Ontario-based business acts as a think tank, innovating solutions for problems...
Chickasaw Nation Industries Recognizes its Employees Supporting CDC
Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. is fulfilling its role in stemming the coronavirus outbreak by continuing its work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CNI recently acknowledged its employees for both serving on the front lines, in the wake of...
Oklahoma’s Casino Market Is Closed Statewide to Curtail the Coronavirus Outbreak
Oklahoma Tribal gaming properties statewide have temporarily ceased operations to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, according to officials of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA). As the second-largest Indian gaming market nationwide, just shy of...
Tribal Organizations Emphasize Strain of COVID-19 on Tribal Governments
The number of positive tests for COVID-19 has reached a total of 26 for residents of the Navajo Nation. That anecdote merely paints a picture of the escalating situation countrywide, and how all Tribal Nations are severely impacted. Tribal economies are taking a...

