Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from JC Seneca: Founder, Tallchief Hemp, Native Pride Travel Plaza and Six Nations Manufacturing
Mr. Seneca is a member of the Seneca Nation and started his first business in 1987. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring from Mr. JC Seneca who is the Founder of Tallchief Hemp,...
Winnebago Company Launches Smokable CBD Hemp Product
The new product is called Niota (pronounced NYE-Oh-tah). WINNEBAGO, Nebraska – A new business started by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economic development entity has launched its first hemp product, a smokable preroll made with CBD flower. Winnebago Agriculture...
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...
Arizona Tribes Sign Historic Gaming Compact With State, Opening Door for Casino Expansions, New Table Games, and Sports Betting
Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, middle, and Arizona tribal leaders put their signatures on a document at a bill signing allowing a major expansion of sports betting in Arizona at an event at the Heard Museum Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Phoenix. The measure...
National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Earth Day with its Annual Living Earth Festival
Image credit: duncan1890 Online Festival Features Native American Business Representatives, Films and Youth Leaders on Sustainability and Innovation in Indigenous Agriculture. Washington, D.C. -- In celebration of Earth Day, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the...
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154 Tribes Granted FCC Licenses to Help Close Digital Divide
The Federal Communications Commission has granted 154 broadband licenses ideal for high-speed Internet access to rural Tribal communities in Alaska, New Mexico, Arizona, and 25 other states. “This is a major step forward in our efforts to close the digital divide on...
Pechanga Leverages its Partnership With the Los Angeles Chargers to Promote Voter Turnout
Pechanga Resort Casino, a premier sponsor of the Los Angeles Chargers, is urging voters, with the Chargers, to “amplify our voices in the corridors of power.” (chargers.com/community/vote) Pechanga Resort Casino, owned and operated by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño...
From the Editor: The Pandemic Is Forcing Innovation in Gaming
“Diversification can occur within an industry. Tribal gaming arms are actively pursuing new revenue streams and embracing digital innovation,” says Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama). The pandemic spawned a gaming apocalypse — a...
Hunting Season Begins at the Jicarilla Apache Nation’s Lodge and Ranch, a Thriving Business Venture Since 1995
The Jicarilla Apache Nation’s hunting grounds include Horse Lake Mesa Game Park, the largest single elk enclosure in the country. (Courtesy The Lodge and Ranch at Chama)For any angler, hunter or outdoorsman, The Lodge and Ranch at Chama Land and Cattle Company is...
Named Executive Director of The Christensen Fund, Carla F. Fredericks Becomes First Native Person to Lead $300M+ Private Foundation
As an enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation of North Dakota, Ms. Fredericks will be the First Native American to lead The Christensen Fund, and the first Native person to lead a private foundation of its size. (Courtesy The Christensen Fund and...

