Haaland (D-New Mexico) is an enrolled citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. Haaland can remain...
READ MOREKevin Washburn to Lead Biden’s DOI Transition Team
by Native Business Staff | Nov 12, 2020 | Federal, Happening Now, Leadership, Legislative / Policy, News
Former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs (2012-2016), Kevin Washburn, a Chickasaw Nation citizen, will lead the review of the U.S....
READ MORECherokee Nation Supports Bipartisan ‘Durbin Feeling Native American Language Act of 2020’
by Native Business Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Federal, Happening Now, Legislative / Policy, News
The late Cherokee linguist Durbin Feeling, credited as being the Tribe’s single-largest contributor to the Cherokee language since that of...
READ MORE154 Tribes Granted FCC Licenses to Help Close Digital Divide
by Native Business Staff | Oct 29, 2020 | Broadband, Federal, Infrastructure, News
The Federal Communications Commission has granted 154 broadband licenses ideal for high-speed Internet access to rural Tribal communities in...
READ MORETrump Signs PROGRESS Act Into Law With Conditions, Rolls Out Policy Plan for Indian Country
by Native Business Staff | Oct 22, 2020 | Federal, Happening Now, Legislative / Policy, News
President Donald Trump speaks on May 30th at the Kennedy Space Center. (NASA/Bill Ingalls, Flickr CC) President Donald Trump has signed S.209...
READ MORESupreme Court Rules Trump Can End Census Efforts Early
by Native Business Staff | Oct 13, 2020 | Federal, Happening Now, Legal, News
“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,”...
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