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- By Jeffrey L. Grubbe, former chairman, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
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In winning the popular vote and crushing the electoral college, Donald Trump won Indian Country.
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- By Tribal Business News Staff
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Oweesta Corporation, an intermediary for Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), has won a Gold Stevie Award for Nonprofit Organization of the Year at the 21st annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
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- By Cody Desautel, Intertribal Timber Council
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OPINION. Older forests on federal lands are being lost to increasingly devastating wildfires, insects, and disease. In June, the U.S. Forest Service published a draft environmental impact statement for the conservation of “old-growth” forests nationwide. A final impact statement and decision are expected in early December.
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- By Jason Smalley, Oklahoma Voice
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Guest Opinion. While inflation has slowed, its grip hasn’t completely loosened on those most affected by its impact.
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- By Casey Lozar, Center for Indian Country Development
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A new survey effort centered on data sovereignty and collaboration aims to promote public finance data parity for tribal governments.
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- By Jackie Blackbird, Newman’s Own Foundation
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Opinion. Amid staggering food-price inflation and the rollback of pandemic benefits, access to nutritious and affordable food continues to be one of the most significant challenges facing Native American communities across the United States.
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- By Jackson S. Brossy and Mark Madrid, US Small Business Administration
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Guest Opinion. Native people are rightly skeptical when it comes to federal programs that purport to help them. The Community Navigator Pilot Program, authorized by the American Rescue Plan, seems to have defied this trend, offering tangible benefits, meaningful training, and crucial support to Native communities, including facilitating millions of dollars in financing for small Native American-owned businesses.
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- By Kari Jo Lawrence, Intertribal Agriculture Council, and Chairman Cole Miller, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
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Guest Opinion. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Equity Commission – an independent body with 41 commission and subcommittee members charged with evaluating USDA programs and services and developing recommendations on how USDA can reduce barriers – recently released its Final Report. The report includes 66 recommendations to further advance and embed equity into policies, practices and processes at the agency.
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- By Casey Lozar, Center for Indian Country Development
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By naming our data priorities, partners across Indian Country can collectively move the needle.
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- By Mark Fogarty, Global Ocean Health
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Guest Opinion. Is the development of the carbon removal and greenhouse gas reduction industries offering Indian Country a compelling opportunity to take charge of its own economic destiny and to throw off Native reliance on the assistance of the federal government? Many Natives in economic development activities think so.