Small Businesses Staying Afloat During COVID, Due to Low-Interest Loans from Northwest Native Development Fund and Wells Fargo’s Open for Business Fund
A Message From Wells Fargo. By Jessica Pacek and Hector Batista for Wells Fargo It’s not until she says it out loud that Roxanne Best truly realizes all of the different jobs she does. “I always think, ‘Wow, how do I do all of that?” Best said. Years ago, she was a...
Comcast RISE Accepting Applications to Help Empower BIPOC Business Owners with Tools, Expertise and Resources Needed to Navigate Economic Effects of Pandemic
Comcast RISE stands for “Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment”At Native Business we’ve always used our platform to celebrate, invest in and highlight Indigenous businesses and brands. We uplift and elevate each other so that we can rise together. ...
Choctaw Development Fund Awards More Than $21,000 to Town of Hartshorne, OK
Pictured: Robert Karr, Choctaw Nation Councilmember District 11; Cindy Bedford, Librarian at Hartshorne Library; Chief Gary Batton; Michael Hull, Executive Director of Southeast Oklahoma Library System; Roger Hemphill, Haileyville School Superintendent; Ashley...
AB 855 Ramos Bill to Honor California Native Americans with Paid Holiday Advances
AB 855 would amend the Code of Civil Procedure to recognize California Native American Day as a judicial holidaySACRAMENTO—The California State Assembly Judiciary Committee on March 23, 2021 approved a measure on a bipartisan 10-0 vote to allow state and local court...
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Partners with State Agencies and Community Organizations for Urban Native Vaccination Clinic, Food and PPE Distribution
Approximately 600 People Received their First Dose of the Moderna Vaccine. Albuquerque, NM - The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) was pleased to partner with Thornburg Foundation, New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs (DIA), the state Health Department, Native...
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Native Women Lead Hires Alicia Ortega to Helm Organization’s Next Step
Native Women Lead has hired Alicia Ortega, former executive director of All Pueblo Council of Governors, to steer the organization into the future. (Courtesy Native Women Lead)Former All Pueblo Council of Governors Executive Director Alicia Ortega, Pueblos of Pojoaque...
From the Editor: Indigenous Self-Determination Through the Business of Food Sovereignty
Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama) As a people, we are self-sufficient when we can feed ourselves. That’s one of the baseline measuring sticks and intentions of entrepreneurship: creating a sustainable business that empowers...
‘Gather’ Documentary Shines Light on Native Self-Determination Through Food Security
“We're celebrating Apache foodways in a kitchen that was built by Apaches for Apaches,” says White Mountain Apache chef Nephi Craig of Café Gozhóó in the documentary film “Gather.” (Gather)“You want to attack a people and wipe them out?” White Mountain Apache chef...
For Native Foodpreneurs, Self-Sufficiency & Sustainability Have a Double Application
Christopher Ian Gladue’s business Pȃnsȃwȃn — meaning “thin sliced meat” in Cree — spread like wildfire across Alberta, then Canada, then internationally. (Pȃnsȃwȃn) Native entrepreneurship is bolstering the Indigenous food movement across North America. For many...
Yurok Tribe Acquires Shoreline Market to Create Jobs, Promote More Resilient Economy
A rendering of Shoreline Market's evolution. (Yurok Tribe)The Yurok Tribe recently acquired the Shoreline Market in Orick, California, and will soon begin building a state-of-the-art fuel mart, laundromat and Tribal government office on the nine-acre property. The...
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