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.
Cannabis Providing Economic Turnaround on the Yerington-Paiute Reservation
Working with Tribal Cannabis Consultants the Yerington-Paiute Tribe has revitalized. Yerington, NV - According to MJBiz Daily in 2020 cannabis was a $15 billion dollar industry and with the help of Tribal Cannabis Consultants the Yerington-Paiute tribe in Nevada is...
Gary Davis in USA Today: US Government Must Honor Commitments to Native Americans
“Our people are vulnerable to COVID-19 and our most consistent revenue generator, land-based casino gaming, has disappeared virtually overnight.” —Gary Davis An opinion piece published today in USA Today by Native Business Founder, Publisher and CEO Gary Davis...
Call to Arms: The Attack on Economic Arms of Tribes and Sovereignty
According to veteran lawyer Pilar Thomas, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, there are only three ways a Tribe can raise revenue for Tribal governmental purposes.
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Up to $2M in Disaster Loans Available for Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
Entrepreneurs seeking to sustain their small businesses amidst the COVID-19 outbreak may be able to seek disaster funding assistance through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Small businesses across the economic landscape can apply for loans up to $2...
CDC to Fund $80 Million for Tribes to Fight Coronavirus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will give $80 million in funding to Tribes, Tribal organizations and Urban Indian Organizations as part of the government’s effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Department of Health and Human Services...
Greenfire Takes Precautions, Continues Onsite Construction Work
Greenfire Management Services is taking precautionary measures — yet still continuing its construction work at all of its jobsites.While the hospitality sector, in response to the coronavirus, has largely shut down or shifted gears to takeout-only nationwide, and...
FCC Moves Create Broadband Opportunities For Pacific Northwest Tribes
Tribes in the Pacific Northwest seem poised to narrow the digital divide, thanks to a couple recent actions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The digital divide, a term that's been with us for over 20 years, describes the discrepancy between those who...
Reality of COVID-19 Hits Home for Cherokee Nation, as Citizen Passes Away
Watch the News on 6 report on the loss of Rev. Merle Dry, the first coronavirus death In Oklahoma, here. A Cherokee Nation citizen who contracted COVID-19 has passed away. Rev. Merle Dry, 55, who died on March 19, is the first coronavirus-related death in Oklahoma....

