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A joint venture between Bethel Native Corporation and telecommunications provider GCI is installing fiber lines in four more Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida has joined the Native Purchasing Group, becoming the latest member of a network that uses collective buying power to secure discounted rates for tribal governments and enterprises.
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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.
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Nineteen Oklahoma tribes generated more than $23.4 billion in economic impact for the state while employing nearly 140,000 people, according to a new report released in early June.