Lance Morgan on Ho-Chunk, Inc.’s 25-Year History of Growth
Lance Morgan was 25 years old when he was tasked with figuring out how to diversify the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economy away from gaming. (Courtesy Ho-Chunk, Inc.)This feature originally appeared as the cover story of the March 2019 “Infrastructure” print...
Executive Order to Remove Regulations to Stimulate Economic Recovery
The “Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery” executive order intends to spur the post-pandemic economy by waiving agency regulations. “The virus has attacked our nation’s economy as well as its health,” states the White House announcement. President Donald...
From the Editor: Stand With Mashpee, Rights to Spectrum on Tribal Lands, Entrepreneurial Grit
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.”Protect. Protection is ingrained in our ancestral DNA. We have always known and, through...
Tribal Diagnostics Takes on COVID-19 Testing While Guarding Tribal Sovereignty
A Tribal Diagnostic lab tech conducts COVID-19 testing on April 23, 2020. (Courtesy Tribal Diagnostics)Native-owned Tribal Diagnostics recently shifted to conduct COVID-19 testing in its Oklahoma City lab. While the company counts clients across the nation, founder...
Shinnecock Victory: Tribal Sign to Stay Lit, Judge Denies State Injunction
The Shinnecock Indian Nation debuted its economic development project, Shinnecock Monument, in early May 2019 to generate Tribal revenues. The Nation's billboard signs in particular have proved a point of contention with the State of New York, but a judge has ruled in...
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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.
CARES Act May Pit Tribal Governments Against ANCs for COVID-19 Relief
CARES money for "governments" seems to allow for ANCs to get a piece of the $8 billion set aside for Tribal governments. For Native governments, the COVID-19 relief legislation known as the CARES Act may have a crucial flaw, and some leaders in Indian Country are...
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.
More Tribal Casinos Step Up With Food Donations to Alleviate Burden of COVID-19
Gaming Tribes are providing tremendous support to their members and surrounding communities — even as they contend with the current and temporary disappearance of their most consistent revenue generator, land-based casinos.
U.S. Treasury to Hold Tribal Consultations on CARES Act PPP Today
Tribes nationwide have protested the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) oversight of Tribal Government Gaming in the emergency relief available through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Chickasaw Nation Builds COVID-19 Test Centers
The Chickasaw Nation is embracing a ‘warrior mentality’ to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Its COVID-19 test centers serve both the Chickasaw people and the greater community.
Mohegan Gaming: Integrated Resort in Incheon, South Korea on Track for 2022 Debut
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment’s (MGE) early 2022 timeline to complete development of the first phase of its luxury integrated resort in Incheon, South Korea is on track. Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to market-wide closures of casinos in South...
Tulalip Utilities: Water Rights Pave the Way to Clean Water
Tulalip Utilities provides water and water treatment for 1,800 residences on the reservation, plus a plethora of businesses that lie within it: Walmart, Cabela’s, Home Depot, McDonald’s, a mall, several banks, and three casino-hotels. Here is an aerial view of Tulalip...
NDN Collective Announces $10M COVID-19 Response Project for Indigenous People
NDN Collective, Inc. created the invitation-only NDN COVID-19 Response Project to quickly provide grants, communication and strategic support to Tribal Nations, frontline Indigenous-led organizations, and individuals.
Native Pride Provides PPE & Immune-Boosting Juices to Healthcare & First Responders
In acknowledgement of the sacrifices being made by healthcare providers and first responders, Native Pride has expanded its truck driver giveaway of immune-boosting juices to include Seneca Fire, Seneca Nation Marshals, The Health Centers, and Community Health and Wellness Centers on both the Cattaraugus and Allegany Territories.
Report: Tribal Casino Closures Result in Loss of $4.4B in Economic Activity, 728K Jobs
Meister Economic Consulting recently released statistics showing the mounting economic impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having on Tribal casino gaming, and as a result, the U.S. economy.
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Poarch Creek’s Gaming Arm Sticks to Principles Amid COVID-19 Chaos
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, Pennsylvania offered for casinos to defer their first quarter payments. Wind Creek Hospitality, the business arm of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, paid its $2.5 million host fee to the city of Bethlehem anyway. Wind Creek Bethlehem,...
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.
Agua Caliente to Build Palm Springs Entertainment & Ice Hockey Arena
A live entertainment and ice hockey arena is coming to Tribal land in downtown Palm Springs, California.
Cherokee Nation & Marine Corps to Counter Unmanned Aerial Threats
Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, recently joined the United States Marine Corps in its effort to detect, track, identify and defeat the possible use of unmanned aerial systems by counterforces.
The Future Is Female & Tech: 8 Native Women Attend Computing Conference
Eight Native women in tech attended a recent conference dedicated to bringing the career interests of women in computing to the forefront.
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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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$2M Contract With Federal Aviation Administration Awarded to Filtra Systems
Filtra Systems, a Chickasaw Nation Industries family company, has received a $2 million contract with the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Make sure you’re in the innovation loop. Register now for three days of highly beneficial business development trainings, presentations and networking at the Native Business Summit, taking place May 13-15, 2019, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma....
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The second issue of Native Business Magazine is hot off the press and shipping across North America.
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CNB Files Affidavit of Bias Against Lopsided Voter for Arkansas Casino License
The seven-member Arkansas Racing Commission favored the Gulfside Casino Partnership, 637-572, over the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma for the lone casino permit to build in Pope County, Arkansas. But one commissioner’s lopsided score against Cherokee Nation Businesses...
Poarch Creek’s Gaming Arm Sticks to Principles Amid COVID-19 Chaos
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, Pennsylvania offered for casinos to defer their first quarter payments. Wind Creek Hospitality, the business arm of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, paid its $2.5 million host fee to the city of Bethlehem anyway. Wind Creek Bethlehem,...
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.
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Shopify Invests in Making Māori E-Commerce Program Available Worldwide
Te Whare Hukahuka CEO Travis O’Keefe said his organization’s program is designed to enable more Indigenous businesses around the world to launch online, sell more and do it more efficiently. (Courtesy Te Whare Hukahuka / YouTube)Global e-commerce giant Shopify is...
An Aquaponic Farming Dream Grows Green
Choctaw brothers and founders of Symbiotic Aquaponic Shelby (left) and Kaben Smallwood (right) stand beside their aquaponic systems. (Courtesy Symbiotic Aquaponic)This article originally appeared in the June 2019 “Tourism, Agriculture & Natural Resources” print...
Red Cloud, Solar Energy International to Build the Native American Solar Workforce
Henry Red Cloud's businesses have provided training to Tribal members from more than 50 Tribes. (Courtesy Red Cloud Renewable) Henry Red Cloud, through his Pine Ridge-based renewable energy company, Lakota Solar Enterprises (LSE), and his nonprofit, Red Cloud...
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Washington Indian Health Improvement Act to Change the Way Healthcare Funds Are Invested
Governor Jay Inslee has signed the Washington Indian Health Improvement Act, a bill that changes the way healthcare funds are invested in Tribal and urban Indian health organizations.According to a press release from the American Indian Health Commission, the bill...
Premiere ‘Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs’ Issue Shines a Light on Business Visionaries Across Indian Country
Thousands of subscribers across North America, every member of Congress and all attendees of the Native Business Summit will soon hold in their hands the May 2019 “Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs” issue. Our debut “Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs” issue...
From the Editor: Recognizing Your Worth & Funding Your Entrepreneurial Dreams
Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama) on entrepreneurship: “Don’t let self-doubt sink in. Trust in your talents that the Creator blessed you with and go for it.”As Native entrepreneurs, first and foremost, we must recognize our...
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Former Leader of RES Conference To Present Native Business Summit. Pre-Early Bird Registration Ends November 30
Pre-early bird registration rates for what is sure to be one of the most dynamic business events in Indian Country end this Friday, November 30.
Cherokee Nation Businesses Signs on as Presenting Sponsor of Native Business Summit
Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the inaugural Native Business Summit, taking place May 13-15, 2019, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
NAFSA Demystifies Financial Literacy With Digital Training Program
For many people, much ambiguity surrounds finances. Lack of financial literacy and education is a major problem nationwide. NAFSA is filling this void with its Digital Financial Literacy Program.
Native Business Ships its First ‘Energy’ Issue Exploring Energy Sovereignty and Potential With Doyon, Limited President and CEO Aaron Schutt on the Cover
Our January/February issue of Native Business Magazine dives into energy initiatives across sectors: oil and gas, wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal and bioenergy. This marks our third issue of Native Business Magazine—and our first-ever energy-themed issue.
Register Now! Native Business Summit Early Bird Rates End January 31st
Make sure you’re in the innovation loop. Register now for three days of highly beneficial business development trainings, presentations and networking at the Native Business Summit, taking place May 13-15, 2019, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma....
Sean Sherman Discusses Plans for his Sioux Chef-Branded Restaurant & First of Many Indigenous Food Labs
Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota, is working on two major projects in the Minneapolis area: the first Indigenous Food Lab, featuring a nonprofit restaurant, and a Sioux Chef-branded, for-profit restaurant.
Selling Carbon Credits Is Earning Tribes Millions While Conserving Forests
It’s an idea so simple that it sounds almost too good to be true: Tribes across the country are using their forest lands to generate income by selling carbon credits in the California emissions trading industry while preserving their lands for future generations.
Navajo Leaders Met With White House Officials to Deter NGS Shutter
Navajo Nation officials met with representatives from the Trump administration and the Energy and Interior departments this week to discuss options to save the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) ahead of its slated closure in 2019.
Cherokee Nation Businesses Signs on as Presenting Sponsor of Native Business Summit
Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the inaugural Native Business Summit, taking place May 13-15, 2019, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
New Executive Director to Lead Southern Ute Growth Fund
Shane Seibel began his new role as executive director of the Southern Ute Growth Fund this week.
Native Business Summit Inspired Attendees ‘to Conquer & Keep Conquering Our Dreams’
“We all left feeling inspired & ready to conquer & keep conquering our dreams & making a difference and that is PRICELESS,” said Native Business Summit attendee Nicole Seneca.
‘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.”