Native Business Video Learning: Watch entrepreneur mentoring & 8(a) insights from Victoria Vasques, Owner and Chairwoman of Tribal Tech, LLC
Victoria Vasques is the founder of one of the fastest-growing small businesses in the Washington, D.C. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring & federal contracting insights from...
Tribal Tech, LLC Announces New CEO, Neill Sciarrone
Ms. Sciarrone’s appointment represents a continuation of Tribal Tech’s investment in growth and strategic acquisitions. ALEXANDRIA, VA, – Tribal Tech, LLC, an American Indian, woman-owned management and technical services company, announced today that Marie O’Neill...
NDN Collective Releases Statement on Updates to Cases of Land Defenders Arrested at Mt. Rushmore
NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen. Photo by Willi White. A Message from NDN CollectiveRapid City, SD -- Last summer, 21 Indigenous people and allies, including Nick Tilsen, the president and CEO of NDN Collective, were met with force from the state police...
Grand Canyon Conservancy and Arizona Lottery Announce $100,000 Gives Back Sponsorship to Help Create an Inter-tribal Cultural Heritage Site
One benefit of reimagining the site at Desert View would mean visitors could learn about local indigenous cultures. PHOENIX & GRAND CANYON, ARIZ.— The Arizona Lottery is teaming up with Grand Canyon Conservancy, Grand Canyon National Park’s official nonprofit...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch this CEO Rountable w/Leadership from Cherokee Nation Businesses, AMERIND and MNO-Bmadsen
Native Business Virtual Summit CEO Roundtable: Gain knowledge & insights from successful CEOs across Indian Country. Enjoy this CEO Roundtable from our Native Business Virtual Summit and gain knowledge & insights from successful CEOs across Indian Country....
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Mohawk Tribe Is On Track for DEA Federal Cannabis License
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s holding company, the Tewáthahón:ni Corporation, has entered into a joint development agreement with MMJ Biopharma Cultivation, Inc. MMJ will lease and develop approximately 20 acres of Tribal trust land, previously designated by the...
Sky Ute Casino Resort Is Launching an Esports-Dedicated Sportsbook Online Across Colorado
Sky Ute Casino Resort’s esports book will offer 24/7 in-play wagering through a partnership with GameCO and USBookmaking. (GameCo)Esports wagering has risen sharply worldwide since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Now Sky Ute Casino Resort will debut the...
Clara Pratte Wins Environmental Genius Award for Innovators Under 40
Pratte reacts to the December 16th announcement of her selection as the 2020 winner of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. (UCLA)The Tribal engagement leader for President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign, Clara Pratte (Navajo) has won the 2020 Pritzker...
Haaland Is Biden’s Pick for Interior Secretary
Haaland (D-New Mexico) is an enrolled citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. Haaland can remain in her House seat until her confirmation as Secretary of the Interior by the U.S. Senate is complete. In its 171-year-old...
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Report: COVID Increased Online Gaming, Another Tribe Announces Plans to Launch Gaming App
The Play Agua® social casino site and app for Agua Caliente Casinos will bring social casino gaming live on iOS, Android, and desktop platforms. (Courtesy Agua Caliente Casinos)During the pandemic, online gambling platforms gained a larger user base, according to a...
From the Editor: The Diversity Case for Native American Inclusion
“Strong evidence reveals that more diverse companies are more innovative, yielding better business performance,” says Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama).A reckoning is happening across the world, though particularly in the...
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...
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...
Chuck Garrett, CEO, Cherokee Nation Businesses: Becoming the Best Employer
Chuck Garrett, a member of the Cherokee Nation, oversees what is often referred to as the economic engine of his Tribe.
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Our Success & Finance issue charts the business breakthroughs of Tribes and Tribal entrepreneurs in “The Greatest Success Stories of 2019.” We also pay homage to perseverance and tireless devotion to Indian Country. Ernie Stevens, Jr., and Cheryl Stevens, his wife of 37 years, grace one of the covers. We honor Ernie Stevens’ nearly 20 years of stewardship to Indian gaming as Chairman of NIGA. Tunica-Biloxi Chairman Marshall Pierite is featured on the opposite cover. He shares how gaming helped his Tribe “to transition from a surviving community to a thriving community,” and reflects on recent success in the financial services industry. We shine a light on financial institutions, such as Stearns Bank, and consider the investment strategy of Mno-Bmadsen. Meanwhile, the DOE’s James E. Campos, underscores: “Energy is our new economy, it is our new currency, and Native Americans play a large part in this equation.”
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From the Editor: Advancing the Private Sector, Building Reservation Economies & Equity in Infrastructure
Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama) reflects on what’s happening across Indian Country and why it matters in our weekly “From the Editor.”Entrepreneurship builds thriving Native ecosystems. Last week I had the honor of...
Muskogee Technology Recognized as Top 10 Defense Solutions Provider
A leading provider of products to the defense industry, Muskogee Technology is racking up the honors. Most recently, the business — housed under the umbrella of Creek Indian Enterprises Development Authority (CIEDA), the economic development arm of the Poarch Band of...
Sister Sky, Inc. to Leverage Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs Issue as Curriculum Material
Profiles of the Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs will enhance Sister Sky, Inc.’s training materials with modern-day ‘case studies’ of creating and scaling businesses.
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Foxwoods & DraftKings Strike Deal, Bet on Conn. Legalizing Sports Wagering in 2021
In addition to delivering online sports wagering for Foxwoods across Connecticut, DraftKings will also become Foxwoods’ first-ever daily fantasy sports partner.The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and DraftKings have inked a multi-channel deal to deliver online...
Report: COVID Increased Online Gaming, Another Tribe Announces Plans to Launch Gaming App
The Play Agua® social casino site and app for Agua Caliente Casinos will bring social casino gaming live on iOS, Android, and desktop platforms. (Courtesy Agua Caliente Casinos)During the pandemic, online gambling platforms gained a larger user base, according to a...
From the Editor: The Diversity Case for Native American Inclusion
“Strong evidence reveals that more diverse companies are more innovative, yielding better business performance,” says Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama).A reckoning is happening across the world, though particularly in the...
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Flandreau Tribe Sued USDA Over Failure to Take Action on its Hemp Production Plan, Judge Denies Tribe’s Injunction
“…A delay in approval of the Tribal plan and unlawfully withholding Tribal authority curtails receipt of the Tribal revenue from hemp production at grave cost to Tribal members,” states the Tribe’s May 23 complaint.
A Common Theme Binds Native Business Magazine’s June 2019 Issue: Through Agricultural, Natural Resource & Tourism Development, We Empower Self-Reliance
Our first “Tourism, Agriculture & Natural Resources” issue is hot off the presses and shipping across the world to thousands of subscribers.
‘Your Network Is Your Net Worth’: The Native Business Summit Is Underway, Building Bridges Across Indian Country
“Your network is your net worth,” said Gary Davis (Cherokee), Publisher of Native Business Magazine, “and that’s what we’re building here at the Native Business Summit.”
Hemp to Take Root on Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin
This summer, hemp seeds will be planted across some 32 acres on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin, a state that was once the second-largest producer of industrial hemp in the U.S.
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Native Women Work 22 Months to Earn What a White Male Earns in 1 Year
Native Women Lead is co-hosting workshops on Native Women's Equal Pay Day, observed this year on October 1st. Pivotal topics include demystifying compensation packages; understanding salary, equity & benefits; and mentorship & building your advocacy network....
Native-Owned Contemporary Gallery to Feature Native Artists in Buffalo, New York
Luzene Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) is among the Native artists participating in the inaugural exhibition at K Art in Buffalo. Hill is a multimedia artist best known for socially engaged conceptual installations and performances. Hill’s work reflects...
Native Business Virtual Summit 2020: Embracing Innovation to Empower Indian Country
The Native Business Virtual Summit 2020 broadcast will take place November 17-20, 2020, live streamed from the Native Business production studios. Native Business Founders and Publishers Gary and Carmen Davis will serve as the hosts of this year’s Summit. In November...
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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...
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...
High Water Mark LLC: Native, Woman-Owned Business Protects Water as Tribal Cultural Property
With a background in environmental engineering and management, Suina has managed multi-million dollar emergency and disaster assistance projects for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in addition to her previous career at the U.S. Department of Energy...
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Lac Vieux Desert Band Reaches Historic Milestone With Payment in Full of Long-Held Casino Debt
The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Indians has paid in full the $30 million loan taken out in 1995 to finance the construction of Lac Vieux Desert Northern Waters Casino Resort.
New Childcare Center to Empower Tribal Parents With Greater Flexibility to Find & Maintain Jobs
Among those to benefit are the more than 500 employees working shifts around the clock at the nearby Wind River Casino, Tribal agencies and schools, many of whom struggle to find reliable childcare during working hours.
Native CDFIs to Set Policy Priorities & Meet With Congress on Strategies to Grow Tribal Economies
At the Summit, Native CDFIs will set policy priorities and then meet directly with Congress to advocate for strategies to grow Native economies.
Watch Live Today: Carmen Davis to Speak on Panel, Indian Country Business Leaders for Biden
Central to Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is directing investments to advance racial equity. Native Business Founder, Publisher and Executive Editor Carmen Davis, an enrolled member of the Makah Tribe and also Chippewa-Cree and Yakama, will speak on today’s...
Unearth Sustainable Joy With Joy Huntington
Joy Huntington, Founder of Uqaqti Consulting and the Joy Huntington brand has had the courage to take risks. (Courtesy Isaiah Mangum - Fairbanks Brand Studio)This article originally appeared in the summer 2019 edition of Native Business Magazine. Success wasn’t handed...
Google Rolling Out 100,000 Scholarships for New Online Certifications
Toya Pokolo, Google IT Support Professional Certificate completer, Information Technology Consultant. While the IT certificate is live, the others are coming soon. (Courtesy Grow with Google)Are online certificates the answer to an irrevocably changing jobs landscape?...
Navajo Generating Station Powers Down, Nation Considers Future of Energy Economics on Reservation
The largest coal-fired power plant in the West, in operation since 1974 near Page, Arizona, has shut down.
Oceti Sakowin Power Authority: How a Six-Tribe Coalition Is Defining a New and Bigger Business Model
With a massive wind power project, Tribes in South Dakota are raising the stakes for energy production on Tribal lands.
Indian Energy, LLC’s Mission: Empower Tribes to Power Themselves
Allen G. Cadreau and his company, Indian Energy, LLC, have a lifelong mission: empower Tribal communities with the technical support to own and operate their own energy infrastructure.
San Manuel Elects Ken Ramirez as Chairman
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is ushering in a shift, or shuffle, in leadership at an uncertain and strenuous time for Tribal Nations across the country: in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic.
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...
Chuck Garrett, CEO, Cherokee Nation Businesses: Becoming the Best Employer
Chuck Garrett, a member of the Cherokee Nation, oversees what is often referred to as the economic engine of his Tribe.