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UPPER FRUITLAND, N.M. — During a seminar given over Zoom for students at Johns Hopkins University, Justin Pioche pulls tomatoes off the vine and begins cutting them in several different ways.
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SOLDOTNA, Alaska — The overshirt known as a qaspeq, or kuspuk, is a traditional tunic in high demand among Natives and non-Natives in Alaska.
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BEND, Ore. — Despite a year full of challenges, Sakari Farm and its sister business Sakari Botanicals has been thriving thanks to increased demand for traditional Native American foods.
Business empowerment workshop offers Native entrepreneurs ‘secret sauce’ to success, launches Nov. 5
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The American Indian Chamber of Commerce’s Education Fund has launched a new program to empower Native American business owners.
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MAXTON, N.C. — Harbert and Luther Moore started out as tobacco farmers in Robeson County, North Carolina in the 1990s.
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TULSA, Okla. — In designing everything from buildings to furniture, architect Cray Bauxmont-Flynn wants to honor his Cherokee and Delaware heritage.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Robert Blake wants to Indian Country to seize business opportunities in the burgeoning renewable energy market.
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TEMPE, Ariz. — JackRabbit Development is out to offer a sustainable building material and in the process use its profits to break the cycle of poverty and encourage homeownership in Indian Country.
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When Niibeis Alexa Elliot bought her first house at 21, she realized she wanted to help other people experience that same thrill.
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RAPID CITY, S.D. — Zane and Stephen Swan got a taste of entrepreneurship during late nights on the laser engraving machine, after working during the day at their full-time jobs.