In less than 10 years, Navajo Gaming has created over 7,600 direct, indirect and induced jobs with an overall economic output impact of over a billion dollars.
READ MORENative CDFI’s Economic Development & Procurement Conference Underway in Montana
by Native Business Staff | Jul 31, 2019 | Banking / Finance, Entrepreneurship, Federal Contracting, Happening Now, News, Procurement
A powerhouse economic development and procurement conference is underway in Billings, Montana, led by a Native Community Development Financial Institution.
READ MORELawmakers Praise Federal Ruling on Navajo Coal Mining to ‘Save Jobs and Revenue for Another 30 Years’
by Native Business Staff | Jul 31, 2019 | Energy, Federal, Legal, Legislative / Policy, Natural Resources, News
Two lawmakers gave praise on the 9th circuit ruling against green groups from blocking revenues, jobs and energy sustainability for the Navajo people.
READ MOREHonoring Sovereign Immunity, 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Coal Mining on Navajo Nation
by Native Business Staff | Jul 30, 2019 | Energy, Federal, Legal, Legislative / Policy, Natural Resources, News
On the grounds of Tribal sovereign immunity, yesterday a federal court dismissed a challenge by environmental groups to expanded coal mining on the Navajo Nation to power the Four Corners Power Plant.
READ MOREJames Smith Cree Nation, Tesla Energy Institute to Create Hydro-Electric Power Plant
by Native Business Staff | Jul 30, 2019 | Energy, Happening Now, Natural Resources, News
A hydro-electric project on First Nation territory along the North Saskatchewan River is forecasted to produce power at competitive rates for the rest of the century.
READ MOREQuapaw Nation to Break Ground for Casino on Ancestral Arkansas Lands
by Native Business Staff | Jul 29, 2019 | Gaming, News
The Quapaw Nation will break ground on a resort promised to “supercharge the region’s economy” in Pine Bluff, on its ancestral lands in Arkansas, on August 5.
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