Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, Pearl River Resort launched mobile, on-premise sports betting on Saturday, February 2. The app, called PRR Sports, offers guests the opportunity to bet on professional league and major collegiate sporting events from anywhere on the Bok Homa and Pearl River properties.
READ MORESealaska Heritage Institute Responds to Facebook’s Ban on Sale of Products With Animal Parts, Fur
by Native Business Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | News, NonProfit
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is condemning a Facebook ban on legal sales of products made from any “part, pelt or skin from an animal, including fur,” according to the site’s commerce policy.
READ MOREGRID Names Tanksi Clairmont to Lead Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
by Native Business Staff | Feb 3, 2019 | Energy, Leadership, News
Tanksi Clairmont—an enrolled tribal member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate from Sisseton, South Dakota, and a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate from Rosebud, South Dakota—has been named director of the Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund.
READ MORESenators Introduce Native American Incubators Program Act to Address Business Start-up Challenges in Indian Country
by Native Business Staff | Feb 2, 2019 | Legislative / Policy, News, Startup
Entrepreneurs in Indian Country often face unique start-up challenges like difficulty accessing business loans, federal restrictions on leasing and other activities on Tribal trust lands, and proximity to cities, since many Tribes are located in highly rural areas.
READ MOREVirtual Reality & Coding Academy Coming to High School on Navajo Nation
by Native Business Staff | Feb 1, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, News, Technology, The Future
A virtual reality (VR) and coding academy is coming to Whitehorse High School on the Navajo Nation reservation. Principal Kim Schaefer hopes the VR initiative will prepare a new generation of Navajo students for entrepreneurship or successful careers.
READ MOREHo-Chunk Capital to Develop Avid Hotel in Downtown Sioux City, Iowa
by Native Business Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Infrastructure, News, Tourism
Ho-Chunk Capital, the Winnebago Tribe’s real estate investment and management company, and Omaha, Nebraska-based Hart Family Hotels are bringing an Avid Hotel by IHG to Downtown Sioux City, Iowa.
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