Jaclyn Roessel Talks Growing her Business: Grownup Navajo
While Grownup Navajo began as a blog and online community in September 2012, today, Grownup Navajo could be considered a startup business.
Excel in Business & Life With This Financial Literacy Course
Indigenous in nature, tech-driven and community-based, this Financial Literacy and Business Basics course is truly unique. The course works with Pueblos and families to assist them with financial basics and launching their businesses.
Rio Reimagined to Revitalize Rivers & Spur Economic Growth in the Valley of the Sun
“Restoring these rivers will not only reconnect people to these areas, but help promote important conservation goals and provide economic revitalization opportunities along the Salt River and southern Phoenix,” said Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor of the Gila River Indian...
Montana Tribe Surpasses National Homeownership Rate
The Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana have surpassed the national homeownership rate of 64.3 percent. Between 70-75 percent of Flathead Reservation residents are homeowners — an astonishing feat for any community in the U.S.
Southcentral Delivers ‘Nuka System of Care’ & Empowers Patients as Customer-Owners
Two decades after CIRI assumed total control of its healthcare system, the results are in: Nuka System of Care has not only survived, but has become a model and global leader in the management and provision of health services.
Native Business NEWS
Warren’s Proposal Earmarks $5B to Expand Tribal Broadband, Tribes Win Ruling Against FCC on 5G Infrastructure
Today the D.C Circuit ruled that the FCC failed to sufficiently justify its order permitting telecom providers to deploy 5G small-cell infrastructure at Tribal heritage sites without proper Tribal consultation or completing historic preservation and environmental reviews.
MGM Sues Interior, Argues Tribes Seek to Leverage a ‘Monopoly Over Commercial Gaming in Connecticut’
MGM Resorts International has filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the Interior and its Bureau of Indian Affairs have no authority to approve Connecticut-Tribal gaming compacts for off-reservation commercial casinos.
Navajo Nation to Support New Mexico’s Diversified Energy Economy With Paragon Bitsi Ranch Solar Development
The Navajo Nation is paving the path forward for the development of its Paragon Bitsi Ranch solar development project in the Navajo community of Huerfano in the state of New Mexico.
A Blackfeet Woman Builds TPMOCS From Heart and Sole
In 2014, Running Fisher Jones invested $25,000 of her own money to launch TPMOCS ― an all-Native business that creates handmade moccasins for infants and toddlers ― for the sole purpose of creating economic opportunity for her impoverished Tribe.
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Bids to Develop Commercial Casino North of Chicago
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is among six businesses bidding to develop a commercial casino in the city of Waukegan, north of Chicago, in the heart of Potawatomi treaty lands.

