Texas Rangers and Choctaw Announce Naming Rights Partnership for Globe Life Park
Multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue to be called Choctaw Stadium.Arlington, TX —The Texas Rangers and Choctaw Casinos & Resorts today announced a multi-year naming rights partnership for Globe Life Park in Arlington. The multi-purpose sports and...
IA2 Receives CDC Foundation Funding to Bring Respite Care, Caregiver Support and Training to Indian country and Alaska Native Communities
Through two innovative partnerships, IA2 will expand best practices for caregiving and provide direct support for respite care to tribal and urban Native communities nationally. The International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2) announces a grant project...
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe Announces Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy
Participants can make weekly football picks and play free online games daily to win prizes. Stateline, NV. – Hotel Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will take part in the Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy now - Feb. 13, 2022. Participants can make weekly football picks...
Casino Del Sol Announces New Retail Sportsbook, Solsports
The spacious 4,000-square-foot venue will surround guests with more than 60 televisions including jumbo flat screens and a high-definition video wall to allow viewing from every angle. TUCSON, AZ – Casino Del Sol is announcing its new sportsbook, SolSports, where...
Ute Mountain Casino Hotel Opens Its First-Ever Sportsbook
Indian Energy, LLC Founder Allen G. Cadreau (right) accepts the Business of the Year Award.TOWAOC, CO – In late August of this year, the Ute Mountain Casino Hotel has announced its plan to open the first-ever retail sportsbook powered by IGT’s market-leading...
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Art Installation Unveiling and Dedication Commemorates Historical Grape Vine Prairie Peace Circle Meeting
Artwork by Linda Lewis depicts Sam Houston meeting with Tribes on the Grape Vine Prairie in Texas.The art installation dedication will consist of representatives from Tribal nations represented, the Sam Houston Memorial Museum and members of the advisory...
United Houma Nation Launches Gofundme Account to Buy Historic School Building
Daigleville Served As First Public High School for American Indians in Terrebonne Parish. NEW ORLEANS, LA – The United Houma Nation (UHN), the largest Indian tribe in Louisiana, has launched a GoFundMe account to raise funds in order to purchase the historic...
National Native American Human Resources Association Announce the 2019 And 2020 HR Leader Of The Year
The HR Leader of the year award is presented annually during NNAHRA’s national conference, recognizing an HR Leader who has exemplified the strategic role in the past twelve months and who is otherwise an outstanding leader within the HR community. WASHINGTON, D.C. –...
Indigenous Nursing Program Receives $2.2 Million Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant
Now entering their fifth year, Niganawenimaanaanig supports Indigenous nursing students within BSU’s four-year and RN-BS tracks, that are enrolled members of a tribal nation or a descendant of an enrolled member. Bemidji, MN — Following a competitive federal...
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Las Vegas-Style Games Debut at Gila River Hotels & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass
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Circling Raven Ranks No. 19 Nationally in ‘Golfweek’s Best U.S. Casino Courses’
Golfweek course raters clearly value the Tribe’s mission and its admirable execution at Circling Raven. Worley, ID – Circling Raven Golf Club garnered the No. 19 ranking in “Golfweek’s Best U.S. Casino Courses, 2021,” the annual compilation of America’s finest casino...
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Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting Lands Lucrative DOD Contract
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Texas Rangers and Choctaw Announce Naming Rights Partnership for Globe Life Park
Multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue to be called Choctaw Stadium.Arlington, TX —The Texas Rangers and Choctaw Casinos & Resorts today announced a multi-year naming rights partnership for Globe Life Park in Arlington. The multi-purpose sports and...
BetMGM Partners with Gila River Hotels & Casinos and Arizona Cardinals for Sports Betting
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Cannabis Sales Surge During Pandemic and Social Distancing
The Muckleshoot Tribe-owned cannabis retail outlet Joint Rivers opened in June 2018, boasting the largest sales floor in the state with 86 linear feet of cabinet space dedicated to flower alone. Since the coronavirus outbreak, Joint Rivers’ sales have skyrocketed. If...
Michigan’s First Tribal Cannabis Store Opens Today
Northern Light Cannabis Co. opens to the public today, November 6th. Northern Light Cannabis Co. will start as a store and grow into a marijuana marketplace. The all-in-one operation, owned by the Bay Mills Indian Community, will eventually grow, process, test and...
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Native Owned Eighth Generation Announces $30,000 Prize Fund For Wool Blanket Design Contest
Call for three artists to help Eighth Generation design three wool blankets. Seattle, WA -- Eighth Generation, owned by the Snoqualmie Tribe, is announcing the 2021 Wool Blanket Design Contest – the largest one ever. With a prize fund of approximately $30,000, the...
Native Silversmith Candice Ruhl Creates Line of Totem Necklaces to Honor Native Culture and Heritage
Ruhl, a proud member of the Ojibwe Tribe who has been a silversmith for 15 years, When Candice Ruhl’s son encountered discrimination for the first time due to his Native heritage, she knew that she had to do something about it. “I was really upset,” Ruhl told Native...
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Tourette Association of America Welcomes Newest Board Member, High-Ranking Native American Federal Employee with Tourette Syndrome
Gidner, who has Tourette Syndrome, is a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribe has served throughout the U.S. Department of the Interior. Bayside, NY -- The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the only national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette...
JC Seneca Foundation and G-Health Enterprises Sponsor COVID Vaccine “Table Talk”
Information Session Aimed at Encouraging Vaccine Participation Among Native People. Irving, NY --- Advancing their collaboration to bring healthcare and medical services to Native territories and surrounding communities across WNY, Seneca Nation businessman, J.C....
Native Owned Hickory Street Kitchen & Cocktails Celebrates Five Years
Pictured above: Tracey and Nik (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) Sing, the owners of Hickory Street Kitchen and Cocktails located in Sisseton, South Dakota. Sisseton, SD – As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down around the country, many restaurants are picking up the pieces and...
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REDW Expands Into Oklahoma, Announces Tribal Services Director
Victor Flores has been named Director of Tribal Services in Oklahoma for the Albuquerque-headquartered REDW accounting firm.REDW LLC, an accounting industry leader for Indian Country, has expanded into the Oklahoma market. The Top 200 Accounting Firm has appointed...
‘Trust, But Verify’: Tribal Tech’s Tried and True Route to Success
“Ask the tough questions and don’t give up. Establish that close relationship with your bank and don’t be afraid of change,” says Vicki Vasques, president and CEO of Tribal Tech, LLC.In 2000, Vicki Vasques retired from the federal government to launch her own...
Cindy Logsdon Named CEO of Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation
Cindy Logsdon, former chief compliance and finance officer for Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, is now CEO.The Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation (CDC) — one of the largest Native-owned community development financial...
Chief Washakie Foundation Establishes Fund to Benefit University of Wyoming and Wind River Reservation
The excellence fund was established through a $90,000 gift from the Chief Washakie Foundation and will be maintained in perpetuity by the University of Wyoming Foundation. The Chief Washakie Foundation has established an endowment fund at the University of Wyoming...
Yurok Tribes’ Mad River Brewing Company and California State Park Partner on Fundraising Effort
The Yurok Tribe's Mad River Brewing Company and California State Parks' Redwood District recently joined forces in support of a commendable cause. The Mad River Brewing Company and the State Park are teaming up to promote the release of Historic State Park India Pale...
Could Cryptocurrencies Present the Potential to Diversify Tribal Assets?
There are nearly 5,000 cryptocurrency assets with Bitcoin being the most well-known. While cryptocurrencies operating on blockchain technology have existed since 2009, when Bitcoin was introduced, the past few years have seen a dramatic increase in cryptocurrency...
Inside the Groundbreaking Native Business Virtual Summit Live Broadcast
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Prairie Island to Become Minnesota’s First Net-Zero Energy Community
“Not only will we be one of the first Tribal Nations to achieve this critical (net-zero) goal, but we will also serve as a model for communities across the United States that aim to protect the earth by reducing their energy impact on the environment,” Tribal Council...
Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund Chooses 12 Tribes for New Clean Energy Projects
The Bishop Paiute Tribe is one of many past grantees of the Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund. (Courtesy Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund/GRID Alternatives)In its third year, the Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund aims to grow solar energy as well as solar job opportunities in...
Cinda Hughes: Remembering a Lifelong Champion for Native Americans with Disabilities
Cinda Hughes, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, passed away on May 19, 2021 at the age of 59.On May 19, Indian Country lost one of its fiercest defenders of the rights of Native Americans with disabilities—and for Native American rights in general—when Cinda...
Wizipan Little Elk Selected as Bush Fellowship Award Recipient
REDCO CEO, Little Elk, hopes to use his Bush Fellowship to revolutionize social impact investing in Indian Country. Rosebud, SD -- Wizipan Little Elk (Sicangu Lakota Oyate) was selected for the 2021 Bush Fellowship award. Little Elk is the CEO of Rosebud Economic...
Choctaw Development Fund Awards More Than $340,000 to Town of Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Construction on Phase II of Oka Park to begin and the renovations to the Park will highlight the areas rich Native culture, as evident by the name "Oka", meaning water in Choctaw. Pictured from left to right: Michael Southard, Choctaw Nation Director of Economic...