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Economic Development

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Here’s a round up of business news from around Indian Country. 

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A group of Native American public relations and communications practitioners from across the country are creating a new professional organization tailored to their unique needs and experiences.

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WASHINGTON — The federal government needs to invest $300 billion annually in Indian Country to fully promote and support economic development. 

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WASHINGTON — After the Biden administration was widely criticized over bungled tribal consultations related to tribal pandemic relief funding, the Department of the Interior is announcing a new plan for consultation that some hope will provide a model across federal agencies for how to do it right.

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WASHINGTON — Senate and House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are speaking out against the Treasury Department’s formulas for allocating $20 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funding to tribes.

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking a victory lap after a meandering and often tense actualization of the bipartisan infrastructure deal. 

The legislation, expected to be signed into law this week by President Joe Biden, contains up to $15 billion for Indian Country, which pleases many Native Americans. But soon comes another tough task: How to make the funds for Indian Country work for tribes in a way that satisfies their diverse and major infrastructure needs after decades of federal neglect.

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 Here is a round up of business news from around Indian Country. 

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BLUE LAKE, Calif. — When Yurok Agricultural Corporation took over northern California’s Mad River Brewing Co. Inc., the company had plan to grow by marketing the brewery’s award-winning craft beers to tribal casinos across the state.

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 Here is a round up of business news from around Indian Country. 

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Joseph Kalt, a renowned Harvard University international political economist and professor, has devoted a major chunk of his work life to Indigenous economic development and tribal self-determination. So when he sees a president come into office with a “Marshall Plan for Indian Country,” his eyes and ears tend to perk up. His mind races with all the good that could be done, all the problems that tribes could fix if given the opportunity and right conditions — and money.