Comcast and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Announce Broadband Expansion
Nearly $3 million invested to expand broadband service to 600 homes in and around the Tribe’s community campus. AUBURN, WASHINGTON – On March 29, 2021, Comcast and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe announced expanded broadband service to 600 homes and businesses located on...
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of its Newly Expanded Rolling Hills Clinic in Red Bluff
Tribal Leadership, Medical Staff and Elected Official Celebrate Opening of Expanded Community Clinic; New Clinic Medical Director Announced. Corning, Calif. – On March 30, 2021, the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians celebrated the official opening of its expanded...
DOE Awards $12 Million to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Funding to maximize deployment of energy technology. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today $12 million in funding to 13 American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the nation for projects that will reduce energy costs and...
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 Business NEWS
Harper’s Bazaar Shines a Light on Indigenous Entrepreneurs’ Sustainable Fashion Brands
Design by Erin Lux (Courtesy Harper’s Bazaar)Innovation is generally forward-thinking, but it can also be a revival of tradition — and then sold through the modern-day e-commerce market. That’s how Harper’s Bazaar is framing the innovation of fashion, while featuring...
Supreme Court Rules Trump Can End Census Efforts Early
“I want to tell every American Indian and Alaska Native to be counted as an act of rebellion because this census is designed not to count you,” Natalie Landreth, advocate senior attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, previously said. The Supreme Court's ruling...
Cherokee Nation’s Green Energy Investments to Help Reach 25% Carbon Emissions Reduction Goal by 2027
Sixty-six solar panels were recently installed on the roof of Tri-Community W.E.B. Association, which provides low-cost, homemade meals to Cherokee elders. (Cherokee Nation)Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. says the Tribe has a “sacred responsibility”...
3 Native CDFIs to Deliver Influx of Capital & Coaching to Native Small Business Owners
Theresa Desautel opened her Red Willow Café on the Colville Reservation with assistance from the CDFI Northwest Native Development Fund. (Photo by Uzoma Obasi/Northwest Area Foundation)Relief is on the way for Native small business owners. A total of $6 million in...
Native Americans Seemingly Left Out of JPMorgan Chase’s $30B Commitment to Advance Racial Equity
JPMorgan Chase’s $30 billion commitment serves to “drive an inclusive economic recovery, support employees and break down barriers of systemic racism.” But its emphasis on Black and Latinx communities seemingly leaves Native Americans out of the equation. Pictured:...

