Gabrielle Scrimshaw, a member of the Hatchet Lake First Nation, is creating an investment firm to help tribes and First Nations build and start business.
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Gary and Carmen Davis Launch ‘Native Business’ to Shine a Light on Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Indian Country
A wealth of ingenuity and strategic planning for economic growth exists across Indian Country. Yet these stories and blueprints for economic success are often bucketed and contained within their communities.
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A Tribe Called Red Tape: The BIA’s Costly Energy Permitting Process
As reservation poverty rates and unemployment remain among the highest in the nation, tribes sit on an estimated $1.5 trillion in untapped oil, natural gas, coal, and other valuable minerals. Billions of megawatts in solar and wind energy potential lie dormant as well.
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CEO Anthony Mallott on Sealaska Corporation’s Big Comeback
When Anthony Mallott took the reins as CEO of Sealaska on June 28, 2014, the company was under water. In 2013, it lost $35 million and hadn’t broken even on its own operations in 15 years.
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Decolonizing Philanthropy: Edgar Villanueva Wants to Change How You Think About ‘Helping’ Native Communities
Edgar Villanueva was frustrated. After 14 years spent working in philanthropy, he was tired of tiny amounts of money trickling down to Native communities that made limited or no impact.
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Greenfire Is Smoking the Construction Management Competition
Poised to capitalize on Milwaukee’s economic boon is Greenfire Management Services, a Potawatomi construction management firm.
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