How do you spell “determination?” You might want to start with Danielle Forward (Makahmo Pomo), now a Product Designer for Facebook.
READ MOREIskwew Air, Dedicated to Indigenous Women, Gets Ready to Take Flight
by Debra Utacia Krol | Nov 26, 2018 | Career, Entrepreneurship, Featured
Beginning March 2019, Iskwew Air will be operating a charter service out of Vancouver International Airport and in the future will also operate short-term flights to specific destinations.
READ MOREChef Bartold Preps the Culinary Arts Training Program at Gatherings Café
by Native Business Staff | Nov 2, 2018 | Career
Chef Austin Bartold, a Lac Courte Oreilles tribal member, got his start in the restaurant industry washing dishes at the original Famous Dave’s in Hayward, Wisconsin at age 16.
READ MOREChoctaw Founder of ‘We The People’ Talks Developing Leaders & Growing Small Businesses
by Native Business Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Career, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Human Resources
Kendra Wilson-Clements (Choctaw), founder and president of We The People Consulting, LLC: “I want to continue to impact and positively affect the living conditions and economic conditions of our tribes and small businesses.”
READ MOREGet to Know the Navajo Creating BuzzFeed’s Digital Tools
by Native Business Staff | Aug 20, 2018 | Career, Featured, Innovation, Technology
Joseph Bergen, Navajo, creates digital tools that streamline BuzzFeed’s media production. The company’s innovation-obsessed culture requires the Senior Software Engineer stay ahead of the latest Internet trends.
READ MOREMonica Jojola: Pueblo Ambition Inspires Award-Winning Business
by Sandra Hale Schulman | Aug 6, 2018 | Career, Entrepreneurship, Federal Contracting
Monica Jojola founded Montech in 2011. Today, the business has over a dozen, multi-year federal government contracts in place.
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