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politics-enterprise balance

What is Section 17?

What is Section 17?
What is Section 17?
It’s been over a year since Tribal Council passed a resolution (No. 182 — 2014) authorizing a draft to be crafted for a Section 17 corporate charter for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The main goal, per Res. No. 182, “is seeking economic diversification” that will benefit the Tribe into the...
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Catalina Alvarez: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office

Catalina Alvarez: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office
Catalina Alvarez: What I Wish I Knew Before I Took Office
Vice Chairwoman of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Catalina Alvarez shares what she wishes that she knew before she first took office, and focuses on the importance of elected leaders understanding -- and confining themselves to performing -- their appropriate roles and responsibilities.
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Rebuilding Native Nations: "The Politics-Enterprise Balance"

Rebuilding Native Nations:  "The Politics-Enterprise Balance"
From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "The Politics-Enterprise Balance"
Native leaders and scholars share their thoughts about how Native nations can effectively manage the relationship between their governments and the businesses they own and operate.
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Brian Titus: Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation

Brian Titus: Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation
Brian Titus: Nation-Owned Enterprises: Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation
Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation (OIBDC) Chief Operating Officer Brian Titus provides an overview of OIBDC and the reasons for its success, notably the great lengths it goes to educate Osoyoos citizens about the corporation's activities and overall health.
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Diane Enos: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Diane Enos: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Diane Enos: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Economic Development
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) President Diane Enos provides an overview of SRPMIC's effortto build a diversified economy, the institutional keys to make that effort a success, and the cultural principles SRPMIC abides by as it engages in economic development.
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Joseph P. Kalt: Legal Structure

Joseph P. Kalt: Legal Structure
Joseph P. Kalt: The Practical Issues of Business Development - Some Things to Consider: Legal Structure
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development Co-Director Joseph P. Kalt discusses the types of corporations that Native nations can charter and what they should consider when deciding which type to choose.
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Stephen Cornell: Governance, Enterprises, and Rebuilding Native Economies

Stephen Cornell: Governance, Enterprises, and Rebuilding Native Economies
Stephen Cornell: Governance, Enterprises, and Rebuilding Native Economies
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development Co-Director Stephen Cornell discusses the two basic approaches Native nations typically take as they work to build and sustain nation-owned enterprises, and shares a number of examples from across Indian Country.
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Honoring Nations: Loren Bird Rattler, Colleen Barcus, Ray Montoya and Jay St. Goddard: Siyeh Corporation

Honoring Nations: Loren Bird Rattler, Colleen Barcus, Ray Montoya and Jay St. Goddard: Siyeh Corporation
Honoring Nations: Loren Bird Rattler, Ray Montoya and Jay St. Goddard: Siyeh Corporation
Representatives from the Siyeh Corporation present an overview of the corporation's establishment and growth to the Honoring Nations Board of Governors in conjunction with the 2005 Honoring Nations Awards.
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