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Levi Rickert, Publisher | Editor

Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the editor and publisher of Tribal Business News, as well as the founder,…
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Brian Edwards, Mng. Editor

Brian Edwards is associate publisher and managing editor of Tribal Business News. He covers policy and law, finance, federal contracting…
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Chesley Oxendine, Staff Writer

Chez Oxendine (Lumbee-Cheraw) is a staff writer for Tribal Business News covering Native agriculture, tribal broadband, energy and real estate.
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Kaili Berg, Staff Writer

Kaili Berg (Aleut) is a member of the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Nation, and a shareholder of Koniag, Inc. She covers small business,…
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Tamara Ikenberg, Contributor

Tamara Ikenberg is a senior contributing writer for Tribal Business News who reports on Native-owned small businesses and the Indigenous…
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