From Batter to Bubbles: Justine Osceola Shares Her Entrepreneurial Journey
Justine Osceola, Founder of Made by Justine O LLC, originally started her career baking cakes. She soon discovered the demand, and her love, of making soaps. (Courtesy Justine Osceola)This article originally appeared in the summer 2019 edition of Native Business...
The Pandemic Is Fueling Female Entrepreneurship
A recent study reveals that female entrepreneurship can improve the global economy to the tune of $2.5 trillion. (iStock) Studies show the pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women, many of whom are balancing work with motherhood and homeschooling. Yet women...
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...
How to Launch a Native Energy Startup
Tulsa-based Big Elk Energy Systems builds massive parts, the size of semi tractor-trailers, for use in the pipeline industry. Geoff Hager has some advice for potential Native entrepreneurs who want to follow his lead in starting up a successful energy-related company:...
Inside the Groundbreaking Native Business Virtual Summit Live Broadcast
The first-ever Native Business Virtual Summit live broadcast (NativeBusinessSummit.com) was a success. The event was live streamed to viewers across North America from the Native Business production studios, November 17-20th. The epic, four-day groundbreaking event...
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Watch Live Today: Carmen Davis to Speak on Panel, Indian Country Business Leaders for Biden
Central to Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is directing investments to advance racial equity. Native Business Founder, Publisher and Executive Editor Carmen Davis, an enrolled member of the Makah Tribe and also Chippewa-Cree and Yakama, will speak on today’s...
10 Questions With Douglas Miles on Self-Capitalizing APACHE Skateboards
Douglas Miles’ drive to succeed as an entrepreneur came from a self-determination so powerful, it was like the will to survive, he says. “In the process, I also felt like I was doing something revolutionary—taking and putting a Native American stamp on something...
Esselen Tribe Purchases Ancestral Lands Near Big Sur, Part of $4.5M Deal
The land, five miles inland from the ocean, is north of Little Sur River, where endangered steelhead spawn. (Western Rivers Conservancy)“The land is the most important thing to us. It is our homeland, the creation story of our lives,” says Tom Little Bear Nason,...
Federal Judge: Oklahoma Tribal Compacts Auto-Renewed January 1 for 15 Years
Oklahoma's compacts with more than 30 Tribes automatically renewed on January 1, 2020 for another 15-year term, an Oklahoma federal judge determined yesterday. The compacts are not subject to renegotiating. The ruling hands a victory to the Cherokee, Chickasaw and...
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...
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