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Woocheen, the ocean-health subsidiary of Alaska Native Corporation Sealaska, said last week that it acquired a majority stake in Ålesund, Norway-based Normarine, a whitefish trading company. Terms were not disclosed.  

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The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has launched a new pipe manufacturing business, aiming to both spur its workforce development efforts and bring the first permanent enterprise to the Tribe’s Iron Horse Industrial Park in Shawnee, Oklahoma.   

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Outdoor footwear brand Merrell has launched its first collaboration with a Native American artist.

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A major Alaskan broadband effort has turned its first circuits online, connecting the remote Unalaska region to high speed internet amid a statewide push to bring rural and tribal communities online. 

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A leading association of tribal broadband firms is partnering with an international telecommunication firm to launch a tribal broadband academy for Indigenous leaders and their communities. 

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Bethel Native Corporation

Bethel, AK

Award Amount: $42,383,221

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Samish Indian Nation

Anacortes, Washington

Amount: $584,800

Project Summary:  This Broadband Use and Adoption project proposes to address the current digital divide by conducting an analysis of broadband assets, digital literacy skills, and the availability of broadband equipment and devices for Samish Tribal citizens.

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The federally recognized Redding Rancheria Tribe has launched a new business venture aimed at protecting communities and the environment from the devastating impact of wildfires in northern California and beyond. 

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The business arm of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in central Minnesota, said that it has sold its Foxtrot Marketing Group business unit to the company’s top executive. 

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Amid concerns over proposed changes to a key federal funding program used by Native Community Development Financial Institutions, a senior Treasury executive spoke with Native CDFI executives on a live streaming broadcast on Feb. 9.