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WASHINGTON – Senior executives from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development have signed a memorandum of agreement to spur exports and foreign direct investment across Indian Country.
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Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians
Award Amount: $19,800,704.00
Location: Nett Lake, Minnesota
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JUNEAU — The largest federally recognized tribe in Alaska and a nonprofit representing 39 Alaska Native villages said they are withdrawing from the largest Native organization in the state.
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Lummi Nation
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Award Amount: $16,531,179.05
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A former Tribal government official of the MHA Nation has been sentenced to five years prison for his role in a bribery scheme on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Tribal Council last week reversed an April decision to dedicate $64 million to develop the tribe’s medicinal cannabis enterprise, following a veto from Principal Chief Richard Sneed.
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The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is the latest Michigan tribe to enter the cannabis business with the April 14 grand opening of its marijuana retail store and consumption lounge, Rolling Embers.
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WASHINGTON—Arlando Teller, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was sworn in Friday as the U.S. Department of Transportation’s first-ever assistant secretary for Tribal Affairs.