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The Los Angeles Clippers basketball team and the tribally owned Pechanga Resort Casino are expanding on a two-year old collaboration, with Pechanga becoming a founding partner of the Clippers’ new Intuit Dome arena.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday announced a new program offering $240,000 in grant funding to support Native American-owned small businesses seeking to expand their export capabilities.
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Here’s our monthly round-up of people on the move in Indian Country, including a bevy of board appointments, recognition of Native leaders, and new hires at tribal enterprises and Native-serving nonprofits.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced $18.2 million in grants aimed at reducing cyber risks and digital threats to tribes.
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Indian Country forestry is improving, even with challenges ahead. That was the broad conclusion at the 47th Annual National Indian Timber Symposium in Cherokee, N.C. last week.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs introduced a new division to help federally recognized tribes deploy technology and manage connectivity on their tribal lands.
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Cannabis has been decriminalized on the Ho-Chunk Nation reservation in Wisconsin, paving the way for economic development in the future.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced over $108 million in grants for 85 projects aimed at improving transportation and reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries on federal and tribal lands.
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The Biden administration this morning announced new commitments from major internet service providers (ISPs) to maintain low-cost connectivity plans for the rest of 2024. That may be cold comfort for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans, however, as many of the ISPs don’t serve tribal communities.
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Talk about a pilot program: the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is helping to train new drone operators through a state-funded workforce development program.