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The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a tribal consultation on Sept. 17, 2025, at the Gun Lake Casino Resort in Wayland, Michigan. The session immediately follows the 2025 Great Lakes Tribal Economic Summit, which will be held at the same facility on Sept. 16–17.
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Mohawk Networks LLC, owned by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, has formed a majority-controlled joint venture with Canadian utility contractor Aecon to connect what it calls the "forgotten mile" — tribal communities overlooked in national broadband expansion efforts.
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Tribes across the country are launching renewable energy workforce training programs, building their own capacity to install and maintain solar arrays, battery storage and wind projects to control their energy futures.
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The Seneca Nation purchased the Rochester Knighthawks through its business subsidiary Seneca Holdings, LLC, ensuring the National Lacrosse League franchise remains in western New York where it has operated for six seasons. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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The Trump administration is expanding timber harvesting on federal lands, but tribal forestry experts say chronic underfunding has left most tribes unable to compete in existing markets or build the infrastructure needed for large-scale operations.
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OWA Parks and Resort, a Foley, Ala.-based enterprise of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, has added new business partners. The resort now features laser tag, a sandwich shop and neon paddleboating, as well as a new team member leading further expansions.
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A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has struck a record-setting $325 million deal to acquire the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun from the Mohegan Tribe, according to multiple media reports.
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A new certification program aims to strengthen tribal governance skills tailored for Native nations.
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In a rural pocket of northern California, a group of tribes are doing more than generating clean energy — they’re generating electricians. A new pre-apprenticeship program, developed by the Karuk, Yurok, Hoopa Valley and Blue Lake Rancheria tribes, is training Native workers to power their own communities and careers, one wire at a time.
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For years, Wabanaki tribal communities faced a costly dilemma: pay outside contractors $500 to $1,000 per home for energy audits, or go without services that could slash utility bills for hundreds of tribal members.