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Economic Development

Leadership changes and national recognition continue across Indian Country as Tribal enterprises, Native-led organizations and federal agencies add executives, elevate emerging leaders and honor contributions in media, policy, education and economic development.

Alaska business plan competition awards Native entrepreneurs tackling rural service gaps

Indigenous Entrepreneurs

Alaska Growth Capital is expanding support for Indigenous entrepreneurs across rural Alaska through its Alaska Marketplace Business Plan Competition, a program aimed at building business capacity in remote communities.

PODCAST: The Treasurer Visits Blackfeet

Finance

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach traveled to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation last week for his first visit to a Montana reservation since taking office — a trip that offered a firsthand look at the opportunities and barriers shaping economic development in Indian Country.

From the Crow Nation to the Courtroom: Celina Stops Makes History at Boyd School of Law

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LAS VEGAS, NV - When Celina Stops arrived at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she was pursuing more than a law degree. She was stepping into territory that...

Federal judge allows Ho-Chunk lawsuit against Kalshi sports markets to proceed

Gaming

A federal judge in Wisconsin has allowed the Ho-Chunk Nation to move forward with a lawsuit challenging whether online sports prediction markets offered by Kalshi amount to illegal sports betting on tribal lands under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Skydance Brewing partners with Fort Sill Apache Tribe on Lawton casino project

Food | Agriculture

Native-owned Skydance Brewing Co. and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe are partnering to develop and operate a brewery, restaurant and bar at Apache Casino Hotel under a new agreement announced this week.

Supreme Court declines Chinook bid for federal recognition through courts

Sovereignty

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Chinook Indian Nation’s petition on whether federal courts can recognize Indian tribes.

New law targets BIA delays in tribal trust land mortgages

Real Estate

President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation this week aimed at speeding up mortgage approvals for homes and businesses on tribal trust land, a longstanding barrier to homeownership and private lending in Indian Country.

How Section 105(l) is reshaping Tribal control of infrastructure and long-term funding

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The federal program is giving Tribes more control over the facilities their communities rely on, creating a more defined and predictable approach to funding, operations, and long-term infrastructure...

Eastern Shawnee Companies launches healthcare staffing subsidiary

Native Contracting

Eastern Shawnee Companies has launched a healthcare staffing subsidiary and hired an experienced management team as the tribal enterprise continues expanding its federal contracting operations.

Sundance Institute selects four filmmakers for 2026 Native Lab

Arts and Culture

The Sundance Institute selected four filmmakers for its 2026 Native Lab, a development program supporting Indigenous storytellers working on feature and episodic projects.

Red Lake Nation College establishes endowment with $7M MacKenzie Scott gift

Higher Education

Red Lake Nation College will deploy a $7 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to establish a permanent endowment aimed at long-term financial stability, college leaders said.

As data becomes a strategic asset, Native leaders face a new sovereignty test

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Sponsored Storytelling. For more than a decade, Indigenous researchers and advocates have built frameworks to govern Native data.

Laguna Creek raises $6.3M to scale software for tribal tourism operators

Tourism

Gilbert, Ariz.-based Laguna Creek LLC has raised $6.3 million in a Series A round led by Tempe-based Dali Capital Partners to expand its software platform for tribal hospitality and tourism businesses, the company said.

DOE opens $3.5M microgrid funding opportunity for tribes, remote communities

Energy | Environment

The U.S. Department of Energy opened a new funding opportunity offering up to $2.5 million in direct project support and about $1 million in technical assistance to support microgrid development in remote and isolated regions, including tribal communities.

$132M tribal health workforce housing project closes financing

Health Care

Tribal Development Partners LLC said it closed financing on a $132 million workforce housing project in Kotzebue, Alaska, aimed at stabilizing health care staffing across 12 Native communities in the Northwest Arctic region.

Congress made two kinds of tribes in 1953

Opinion | Op-Ed

Guest Essay. A non-Native man in tribal custody at the Quapaw Nation jail had a heart attack. Tribal staff called an ambulance. He was treated at the local emergency room. The bill came back at $25,000.

Tribal Leaders Focus on Risk, Revenue and Stewardship at Native Ag Summit

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Sponsored Storytelling. In a packed conference room filled with nearly 150 attendees — boots and jeans, cowboy hats and notebooks — tribal leaders, ranch managers and agriculture professionals...

Senators warn proposed FY2027 Native program cuts could strain federal obligations

Policy and Law

Proposed cuts to Native-serving programs, staffing losses across federal agencies and growing delays in tribal project approvals dominated a Senate Indian Affairs Committee budget hearing Wednesday, as lawmakers from both parties questioned whether the federal government can continue meeting its treaty and trust obligations to tribes.

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