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One Native's Enterprising Plan to Keep Tribal Resources Within the Community

Indian Country Today Article
One Native's Enterprising Plan to Keep Tribal Resources Within the Community
Author
Lynn Armitage
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Indian Country Today
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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 launched this past January called BuyIndianAct.org, a digital resource that aims to connect Indian Economic Enterprises (IEEs) with products and services made or sold by other Natives...

Buy Native
citizen-owned businesses
small business development
entrepreneurs
Native Nations
National
Resource Type
News and Opinion
Topics
Economic and Community Development
Small Business
Citation

Armitage, Lynn. "One Native’s Enterprising Plan to Keep Tribal Resources Within the Community." Indian Country Today. March 12, 2015. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/one-natives-enterprising-plan-to-keep-tribal-resources-within-the-community, accessed May 30, 2024)

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