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Levi Rickert, Publisher

Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) co-founded Tribal Business News and serves as its publisher. He is also the founder, publisher and editor of Native News Online.
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Brian Edwards, Associate Publisher | Editor

Brian Edwards co-founded Tribal Business News, where he serves as associate publisher and associate editor. He covers policy and law, Native finance, federal contracting and economic development.
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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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The state of California has awarded $44 million for 15 projects, including funding for a tribal organization to acquire 80 acres in Lake County for Indigenous-led ecological restoration, cultural...

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Treasury tribal affairs office undergoes leadership change as founding director departs

Fatima Abbas has left the U.S. Treasury Department office responsible for coordinating tribal policy across the agency to join a global law firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Native housing needs, federal barriers draw scrutiny at Senate hearing

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard from federal officials, researchers and tribal leaders Wednesday about the scale of the housing crisis facing Native communities and proposed changes to...