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Fifth annual Great Lakes Tribal Economic Summit to examine how tribal projects get done

4 October 2026 Tribal Business News Staff

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Tribal leaders, economic development professionals, finance executives and development partners will gather Oct. 6–7 in Mount Pleasant for the fifth annual Great Lakes Tribal Economic Summit, focused on how tribal priorities become financed, constructed and operating projects.

Jicarilla Apache Nation launches geothermal study with $2.5 million state grant

05 Oct

The Jicarilla Apache Nation has begun a nine‑month geothermal feasibility study funded by a $2.5 million New Mexico grant to assess potential electricity generation and direct heating on tribal lands.

CFTC seeks prediction-market rule changes as tribes challenge sports wagers

October 05

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sent two proposed regulatory changes to the White House that could strengthen its effort to regulate prediction markets, as tribes and states challenge...

Native Hawaiian-owned Shearwater, TekSynap launch federal IT joint venture

October 05

Shearwater, a Native Hawaiian Organization-owned federal contractor, and TekSynap have launched ShearTek Government Services, a joint venture that will pursue federal technology contracts.

Consor acquisition expands Native Strategies’ capacity for tribal infrastructure projects

October 04

Native Strategies, the engineering firm founded by Cherokee Nation citizen Steven Hollabaugh, has been acquired by Consor North America Inc. in a deal Hollabaugh says will expand its capacity for...

San Manuel acquires Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, expanding hospitality portfolio

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation has acquired the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Arizona, continuing its expansion into luxury hospitality investments outside gaming.

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Tribes Built the Gaming Industry. Who Will Lead it Next?

Tribal nations built a $46.2 billion gaming industry. Preparing more Native professionals to lead it will require education, mentorship and real opportunities to advance.

Afognak takes majority stake in Alaska trucking, fuel companies

Economic Development

Afognak Native Corporation has acquired a majority interest in the parent company of Weaver Bros., Doyle’s Fuel Service and Doyle Transport, expanding its commercial business into Alaska freight and fuel transportation. The purchase price and size of the stake were not disclosed.

From powwow concessions to a growing Native-owned hospitality brand

Indigenous Entrepreneurs

For many restaurant startups, a food truck is the first step toward opening a brick-and-mortar location. For Indigenous Eats, it happened in reverse.

Oweesta closes first NMTC deal with $16M for Spirit Lake health clinic

Finance

Oweesta Corp. closed its first New Markets Tax Credit transaction, providing $16 million in allocation toward a $73.4 million health clinic for the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota.

Michigan Tribal Communities are Driving Tourism On Their Own Terms

Sponsored Storytelling

For generations, the Anishinaabe of the Bay Mills Indian Community (Gnoozhekaaning) have passed their histories on through oral storytelling. Today, that tradition of narrative ownership is taking a...

Tunica-Biloxi partners with Kalshi, breaking with tribal gaming groups on prediction markets

Gaming

A Louisiana tribe has struck a partnership with prediction market operator KalshiEX LLC, putting it at odds with tribal gaming organizations challenging Kalshi’s sports-event contracts in federal courts and before regulators.

Murray, Cortez Masto reintroduce bill to expand food assistance for tribal households

Food | Agriculture

Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., reintroduced legislation that would expand nutrition assistance for tribal households by allowing eligible families to receive benefits through two federal food programs in the same month.

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.

Coquille Indian Tribe to receive ownership of Bandon memorial site

Real Estate

The Coquille Indian Tribe will take ownership of the Na-So-Mah Memorial Garden, a quarter-acre site marking an ancestral tribal village in Bandon, Ore., under a land transfer approved by Port of Bandon commissioners Sept. 15.

Tribes looking beyond gaming and geography for revenue

Sponsored Storytelling

For decades, gaming has been a primary revenue source for tribal nations, funding housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure and other essential services while creating jobs and economic...

Navajo Nation-owned North Stone wins Air Force IT contract

Native Contracting

North Stone LLC, a subsidiary of Navajo Nation-owned Diné Development Corporation, has won a contract to provide technology services for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the company announced Sept. 22.

California woman fined $10K after admitting to selling counterfeit Native jewelry

Arts and Culture

A San Francisco woman was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to selling counterfeit Native American jewelry falsely marketed as authentic work by Native artists, federal prosecutors said.

ASU renames tribal policy institute, expands digital and leadership programs

Higher Education

Arizona State University has renamed its American Indian Policy Institute the Tribal Nations Policy Institute, a change its leaders say better reflects its work with tribal governments and their citizens.

AI, Genomics, and Tribal Sovereignty: Native Nations Need to Prepare for the Next Frontier

Sponsored Storytelling

As artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine transform healthcare and scientific research, Indigenous leaders say tribal nations must prepare to govern one of their most valuable...

Disney Cruise Line signs 15-year agreement with Huna Totem for Icy Strait Point

Tourism

Disney Cruise Line and Huna Totem Corporation have signed a 15-year agreement securing Disney ship calls at the Alaska Native corporation's Icy Strait Point through at least 2041, extending a partnership that provides long-term passenger traffic for the Indigenous-owned cruise destination.

Red Cloud Renewable’s training of ‘solar warriors’ wins recognition at Climate Week NYC

Energy | Environment

A Native-led nonprofit won a national award this week for its work training “solar warriors” for renewable energy development in Indian Country.

Gila River invests $25M in tribal-land medical school to build physician workforce

Health Care

Gila River Health Care will invest more than $25 million to establish a University of Arizona medical school branch on the Gila River Indian Community, a long-term workforce investment aimed at training and retaining physicians within tribal and rural health systems.

The Insects Moved Faster Than the Paperwork

Opinion | Op-Ed

Guest Essay. In the summer of 2019, a fire started along Interstate 5 in southern Oregon, at a spot the highway signs mark as Milepost 97. It burned into the forest that the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians had regained only the year before, when Congress placed more than 17,000 acres of the tribe’s ancestral homeland in trust for it. 1 The fire destroyed about 3,600 of those acres and damaged more than 45 million board feet of timber.

Why Infrastructure Stewardship Starts With Knowing What You Own

Sponsored Storytelling

Sponsored Storytelling. Tribal governments invest millions of dollars in clinics, administrative buildings, public safety facilities and other community infrastructure. Before leaders decide what to...

Treasury tribal affairs office undergoes leadership change as founding director departs

Policy and Law

Fatima Abbas has left the U.S. Treasury Department office responsible for coordinating tribal policy across the agency to join a global law firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

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