The Tribal Energy Bill cuts red tape and empowers tribes to develop their own energy resources. Ultimately, the Act promotes energy development and drives economic growth.
READ MOREMashpee Tribe Files Court Complaint on Interior Department Decision
by Native Business Staff | Sep 28, 2018 | Legal, Legislative / Policy
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s most recent failure to take action to preserve and protect the Tribe’s reservation.
READ MOREHouse Approves Bill to Repeal Prohibition of Tribal Distilleries
by Native Business Staff | Sep 17, 2018 | Legal, Legislative / Policy
Last week, the U.S. House unanimously approved U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s bill to repeal the prohibition of distilleries on tribal land.
READ MOREDOI Reverses Decision on Mashpee Wampanoag Trust Land, Tribe Hopes for Congressional Intervention
by Native Business Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | Federal, Legislative / Policy
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell called last week’s DOI decision, which reverses the decision made by the Obama Administration in 2015, a “grave injustice.”
READ MOREPhoebe Suina on Preserving Tribal Water Rights
by Renae Ditmer | Aug 21, 2018 | Environmental, Legislative / Policy, Natural Resources
There are a lot of smart cookies in Indian Country, and Phoebe Suina, sole owner of Native-Owned, Woman-Owned High Water Mark LLC, is one of...
READ MORENative American Agriculture Fund Created to Distribute $266M Trust
by Native Business Staff | Aug 15, 2018 | Agriculture, Legislative / Policy, NonProfit
The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF), the largest U.S. nonprofit serving Native American farmers and ranchers, has been established to distribute $266 million from the landmark Keepseagle v. Vilsack case.
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