Chairman Pierite: Mobiloans Is a ‘Godsend’ for the Tunica-Biloxi and its Consumers
Tunica-Biloxi Chairman Marshall Pierite says Tribal lending entity MobiLoans, LLC, is a lifeline to the Tribe and their consumers during the current coronavirus and financial crisis. While the gaming and hospitality industry may anchor the economy of the Tunica-Biloxi...
JC Seneca: Fueling the Economy, Even Amid COVID-19
A business operated by a Seneca Nation entrepreneur is giving its employees a retroactive pay raise.
Native Business Video Learning: Watch This Native Business Virtual Summit Roundtable: Energy Opportunities with U.S. Department of Energy and Indian Energy, LLC
This informative Native Business video covers various ways Native communities can leverage opportunities in the Energy sector to their advantage. This roundtable segment recorded in November of 2020 during the Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast addressed the...
Postponement of Santa Fe Indian Market to Impact Livelihoods of Native Artists
With Santa Fe Indian Market called off until 2021, Native artists look for virtual avenues to offset their losses.
Tribal Gaming Excluded From SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program
A brief ray of hope came when the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, providing $2.2 trillion in aid, including $349 billion in forgivable loans to small businesses to cover payroll and expenses during the COVID-19 crisis. ...
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Bill Ensures Tribal Health Authorities Access to Strategic National Stockpile
U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian AffairsIndian Health Service and other Tribal health organizations currently lack guaranteed direct access to the Strategic National Stockpile, a federal repository of drugs and...
Tesuque Pueblo’s Film Ranch: A ‘Back-to-the-Future Facility’
The Tribally owned movie studio is set to open its gates in the soft, reddish-brown foothills of New Mexico’s majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Known as Camel Rock Studios, it will target movie television and mobile entertainment productions worldwide. The Tesuque...
Sealaska’s Anthony Mallott: ‘Teamwork Is a Cultural Value’
Native Business interviewed Anthony Mallott, CEO of Sealaska Corporation, in summer 2018 about the Alaska Native Corporation’s major comeback, and again in late 2019 about his humble yet powerful leadership. Mallott is a Native Business Top 30 CEO. When we spoke with...
Several Tribal Casinos Announce Temporary Closures Due to Coronavirus
While Tribal casinos nationwide are taking extra precaution to sanitize and protect patrons and employees from potential exposure to Coronavirus, others are temporarily shutting their doors. The list is growing and this is likely incomplete, but among them: In...
USET SPF Responds to DOI Solicitor’s Withdrawal of Tribal Land-Into-Trust Criteria
As DOI Solicitor, Daniel H. Jorjani manages over 370 attorneys. Jorjani has pulled back the 2014 DOI m-opinion, M-37029, instrumental in facilitating acquisitions of trust lands for Tribal Nations.In a memo to Tara Sweeney, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, the...

