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Kalispel Tribe to expand hotel at Northern Quest Resort & Casino

25 November 2020 Joe Boomgaard
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — The Kalispel Tribe plans to add significant capacity to its four-diamond hotel as part of an expansion project at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino .

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Google taps NCAI to administer $1M Native-owned Small Business Stabilization Grant program

24 Nov Economic Development
WASHINGTON — Native-owned small businesses have a new resource for help in dealing with losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alaska Native-owned contractor awarded $13.9M cybersecurity contract for BIA

November 19 Federal 8(a) Contracting
HERNDON, Va. — The Department of Interior has awarded Tuvli LLC , a subsidiary of Alaska Native-owned Akima LLC , a contract to provide cybersecurity services and monitoring for the Bureau of Indian...

As Michigan closes commercial gaming amid COVID-19 spike, tribal casinos — except one — remain open

November 18 Gaming
UPDATE: After this report was published, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians opted to close its five Kewadin Casinos for three weeks. The story has been updated. Most tribal gaming...

Inspired to entrepreneurism: Mentor convinces Native artist to transform side hustle into growing business

November 23 Entrepreneurism
FOND DU LAC RESERVATION, Minn. — Sarah Howes smiles as she sits in a garage full of art supplies, excitedly discussing the mentorship that grew her art business from a side gig to full economic...

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Native Farm Bill Coalition receives funding to continue D.C. advocacy efforts

Food/Agriculture
New funding is aimed at continuing the push for Native American agricultural interests at the federal level.

Crowdfunded solar puts Red Lake Nation on a path to energy sovereignty

Energy
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in northern Minnesota has a vision to eventually incorporate solar and microgrids as part of a tribal-run utility.
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Accounting firm expands tribal practice with Oklahoma office, new hire

Finance
EDMOND, Okla. — A national accounting firm with a significant tribal practice has opened a new office in Oklahoma to better serve the state’s 38 American Indian tribes.
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Alaska Native Heritage Center receives $3 million grant from Ford Foundation

Arts and Culture
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Native Heritage Center has received a $3 million grant from the Ford Foundation, which named the Anchorage-based nonprofit one of “America’s Cultural Treasures.”
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With innovative addiction clinic, Muckleshoot Tribe offers patients, other tribes a way forward

Health Care
Jody was close to achieving her dream of becoming a writer. A member of the Muckleshoot Tribe near Seattle, she had gone from living on the streets of Seattle as a teen to nearly finishing a creative writing degree, and had plans to get her master’s degree at New York University. But debilitating back pain caused by an injury she sustained as a teen forced her to drop out of school, just a handful of credits shy of her bachelor’s degree.
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American Indian Graduate Center launches new $1M Empowering Scholars Initiative

Higher Education
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The American Indian Graduate Center is launching a new $1 million scholarship program to help Native students access higher education.
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Kalispel Tribe to expand hotel at Northern Quest Resort & Casino

Real Estate
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — The Kalispel Tribe plans to add significant capacity to its four-diamond hotel as part of an expansion project at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino .

Hualapai Tribal member Ruby Steele to lead Grand Canyon Resort Corp. through transition

Tourism
PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. — Starting with Grand Canyon Resort Corporation 20 years ago as a concierge, Ruby Steele has now worked her way to the very top of the organization.
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Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan end decade-long fight over off-reservation casino

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BAY MILLS, Mich. — The Bay Mills Indian Community says it will no longer pursue an off-reservation casino in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula and is dismissing its lawsuit against the state, noting that pursuing the case would not be an effective use of resources.

OPINION

Indian County supported Biden

Levi Rickert Opinion/Op-Ed

With minor exceptions, preliminary presidential election results showed overwhelming support for Joe Biden in Indian Country.

Economic effect of Indian Country’s agriculture and food sector will exceed gaming — if we invest in infrastructure and our people

Janie Hipp Opinion/Op-Ed

It is no secret that Indian Country lacks the critical infrastructure it needs for its communities to thrive. 

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

Levi Rickert Opinion/Op-Ed

When I served as executive director of an urban American Indian center, most speaker requests from civic organizations, universities, church groups and schools came between Indigenous Peoples’ Day, also known as Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving. 

Keeping the tribal in tribal business

Zach Ducheneaux Opinion/Op-Ed

For over 30 years, the Intertribal Agriculture Council has sought to improve tribal economies through the thoughtful and sustainable use of our natural resources.