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Navajo Hotel Owners Open a Retreat in Monument Valley

Navajo Hotel Owners Open a Retreat in Monument Valley
Navajo Hotel Owners Open a Retreat in Monument Valley
t’s all about the mystical view. That is, the view of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, on the northern outskirts of the Navajo Nation. For the past several years, visitors have had an opportunity to wake up to the soothing rays of the sun overlooking towering chestnut-colored rock formations at...
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One Native’s Enterprising Plan to Keep Tribal Resources Within the Community

One Native’s Enterprising Plan to Keep Tribal Resources Within the Community
One Native's Enterprising Plan to Keep Tribal Resources Within the Community
There are nearly a quarter-million Native-owned businesses in the U.S. today, said Brian Cladoosby, president of the National Congress of American Indians, in his 2014 State of Indian Nations address. And if Thomas Carlson has his way, all those businesses would be listed on a new website he...
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Social Enterprise Café Builds Life Skills of Reservation Youth

Social Enterprise Café Builds Life Skills of Reservation Youth
Social Enterprise Café Builds Life Skills of Reservation Youth
To the residents of the Cheyenne River Reservation, the newly-opened Keya Café & Coffee Shop in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, is a great place to pick up a cup of coffee and a pastry in the morning. But behind the scenes, this small business is working on a much broader scope by addressing such...
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Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Kawi Cafe Ribbon Cutting Ceremony May 2014
Cherokee Nation's Kawi Café offers small business training
The Cherokee Nation’s Kawi Café is now serving up its signature Cherokee blend coffee in downtown Tahlequah, while giving budding entrepreneurs firsthand experience running their own business. A ribbon-cutting was held Thursday at the café, which the Cherokee Nation opened last month in a 1,096-...
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Spirit of Enterprise: Apache Warrior Stokes his Entrepreneurial Fires With a Firefighting Business

Spirit of Enterprise: Apache Warrior Stokes his Entrepreneurial Fires With a Firefighting Business
Spirit of Enterprise: Apache Warrior Stokes his Entrepreneurial Fires With a Firefighting Business
At 18, Clyde Campbell worked on the engine crew for the U.S. Forest Service and later, the Hot Shot crew in Payson, Ariz., fighting fires. Though the work was dangerous, difficult and demanding at times, Campbell said he loved every minute of it. “It was fun building trails and working out in the...
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The Ways: Lake Superior Whitefish: Carrying on a Family Tradition

The Ways: Lake Superior Whitefish: Carrying on a Family Tradition
The Ways: Lake Superior Whitefish: Carrying on a Family Tradition
The Petersons are part of a long tradition of commercial fishing among Lake Superior tribes. Avid fishermen for subsistence prior to European settlement, the Lake Superior Chippewa quickly found Gichigami’s (Ojibwe word for Lake Superior) fish to be a valued trade item once explorers penetrated to...
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Hatching Success: Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Industrial Park Home to Only Egg Producer in Arizona

Hatching Success: Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Industrial Park Home to Only Egg Producer in Arizona
Hatching Success: Ak-Chin Indian Community's Industrial Park Home to Only Egg Producer in Arizona
Finally, an answer to that age-old question: “Why did the chicken cross the road?” To get to the Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Industrial Park–the site of Hickman’s Family Farms with enough hens to generate 4.3 million eggs per day. In 2002, the egg producer built a ranch at the Ak-Chin Industrial...
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South Dakota maker of bison snack bar expects big growth with Whole Foods partnership

South Dakota maker of bison snack bar expects big growth with Whole Foods partnership
South Dakota maker of bison snack bar expects big growth with Whole Foods partnership
A South Dakota company created to provide a healthy snack for American Indians expects its sales to grow by a third this year after seeing its product picked up by national grocery chain Whole Foods Markets. The development also could lead to more hiring at Native American Natural Foods in Kyle,...
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Rebuilding Native Nations: "Small Business and the Multiplier Effect"

Rebuilding Native Nations:  "Small Business and the Multiplier Effect"
From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "Small Businesses and the Multiplier Effect"
NNI Executive Director Joan Timeche talks about the positive impact of citizen-owned businesses on reservation economies, not just in terms of economic development but in the overall quality of life for tribal citizens.
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Rebuilding Native Nations: "Citizen-Owned Businesses: Improving the Quality of Life"

Rebuilding Native Nations:  "Citizen-Owned Businesses: Improving the Quality of Life"
From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "Citizen-Owned Businesses: Improving the Quality of Life"
Native leaders and scholars discuss the ways that citizen-owned businesses contribute to an improved quality of life for Native nations and their citizens.
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