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Traditional internet access isn’t as much of a problem in King William County, Virginia, as it might be in other rural areas, says Upper Mattaponi Tribe Community Development Director Morgan Dean — but it’s not just getting a signal that’s the problem.
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Here is a round-up of business news briefs from around Indian Country.
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Here is a round-up of business news from around Indian Country.
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The General Accountability Office would like to see a nationwide strategy by the Executive Office of the President to increase broadband access to American Indians living on tribal lands.
The office of the President is not saying yea or nay to the proposal, though it acknowledges the importance of tribal engagement to take on such a strategy and says it will seek out that engagement.
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The groundbreaking ceremony for the Little Beach Harvest dispensary and wellness center represents an “exciting” next step in the Shinnecock Nation’s foray into the cannabis industry.
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BLUE LAKE, Calif. — Yurok Tribe-owned Mad River Brewery has partnered with an Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska enterprise to source ingredients and expand brewing operations.
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Here is a round-up of business news from around Indian Country.
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ONAMIA, Minn. — If one silver lining has come out of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, it’s been the realization that the organization needed to do more to support tribal citizen entrepreneurs as part of fostering a resilient tribal economy.
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Tucked against a bend of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska sits the city of Bethel. Home to about 6,000 people, the community is connected by mostly unpaved roads that are often muddy in the summer and covered by ice and snow throughout the winter. Beyond the city limits, the vast expanse of the tundra stretches toward the horizon. Follow the Kuskokwim in either direction—southwest towards Kuskokwim Bay or northeast towards the center of the state—and you’ll find a network of small villages dotted along the banks of the river.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— Tribal leaders and economic development executives from four Midwestern states will gather this October for the first-ever Great Lakes Tribal Economic Summit in Grand Rapids, Mich.