2022 Economic Development News Stories
Tribes need tax revenue. States keep taking it. (Indian Country Today) 12/20/22
Harvard study finds sovereignty constraints on Maine tribes caused them enormous economic damage (Portland Press Herald) 12/8/22
Voters reject sports-betting measures as California tribes rally against non-exclusive online gambling (Native News Online) 11/9/22
Why tribal communities are being overlooked by investors (US News & World Report) 11/3/22
Burgum denies tribes' request for exclusive online gambling rights (The Dickinson Press) 11/2/22
Oklahoma: Native Americans must pay income taxes (The Center Square) 10/12/22
New 'Gaining Ground' report identifies Native American goals for 2023 Farm Bill (Indian Country Today) 9/13/22
What the Inflation Reduction Act means for Indian Country (High Country News) 9/7/22
The Inflation Reduction Act: How do tribal communities benefit? (The National Law Review) 8/25/22
South Dakota tribes receive $68M for internet infrastructure (South Dakota Public Broadcasting) 8/24/22
$1B added to tribal broadband program (Indian Country Today) 8/11/22
The tribal gaming industry is bouncing back after pandemic closures (Marketplace) 8/11/22
Tribal Business News to host economic summit for Great Lakes tribes (Tribal Business News) 7/24/22
Tribes open film studios to lure movie, TV productions (Indian Country Today) 7/21/22
FCC to hold a tribal workshop at the Cherokee Nation (Funds for Learning) 7/20/22
Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures aims to boost resilience of tribal economy by fostering entrepreneurship, workforce housing (Tribal Business News) 7/18/22
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe awarded $1.1M grant to revive aquaculture business (Tribal Business News) 7/11/22
4 Native nonprofits form Good Relatives Collaborative to Indigenize grant making (Tribal Business News) 7/5/22
Seaplanes: Puyallup's new venture (Indian Country Today) 6/30/22
Native American Development Center weighs creating new business incubator (Tribal Business News) 6/27/22
Hawai'i housing group sues Bank of American over broken $150 million commitment (Native News Online) 6/16/22
U.S. Bank continues to wage financial genocide against Native American tribe (Indian Country Today) 6/14/22
'A big deal': Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians subsidiary secures BIA loan guarantee for hemp facility (Tribal Business News) 6/13/22
Demand from Native CDFIs outstrips available federal funding in latest round (Tribal Business News) 6/6/22
Ho-Chunk Nation’s Twelve Clans sovereign wealth fund revamps board, investment strategy (Tribal Business News) 5/26/22
The Navajo Nation’s first economist takes a fresh view on development (High Country News) 5/17/22
After ‘amazing’ 10 months, Flandreau Santee Sioux plans to expand cannabis operations (Tribal Business News) 5/16/22
Muscogee Nation turns to cows to build for the future (Yes! Magazine) 5/6/22
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa pursue economic resilience via new grant-funded initiative (Tribal Business News) 5/2/22
Native CDFIs partner to help Oglala Sioux serial entrepreneur acquire Nebraska theater (Tribal Business News) 5/2/22
He created an Indigenous digital currency. The dream is still alive. (Technology Review) 4/27/22
'We've got to get gaming out of our blood': Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy (PBS Wisconsin) 4/19/22
Native American economy leads rural communities (Northern Public Radio) 4/13/22
Economic growth: Fitting tribes into unfit programs (Indian Country Today) 4/8/22
How the economy of Indian Country impacts local communities (High Country News) 4/6/22
‘Reservation worthy’ cattle operation expands tribal enterprise (Indian Country Today) 4/5/22
Warily, tribes prepare for cannabis ventures (Indian Country Today) 3/29/22
Expanding Buy Indian provisions to USDA programs could boost Native producers (Tribal Business News) 3/28/22
Oklahoma tribal finance consortium announces tribes’ impact on Oklahoma’s economy (Indian Country Today) 3/23/22
Little Shell Chippewa's Gray to lead state Tribal Economic Development Commission (Lake County Leader) 3/21/22
Vice Chairman Murkowski: Federal authority should support Native businesses and grow economies (Indian Country Today) 3/18/22
Navajo officials consider development of commercial alfalfa farm near Winslow (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 3/8/22
Tribally owned Mad River Brewery inks partnership San Francisco Giants (Tribal Business News) 2/28/22
Chehalis tribes opened the country's first distillery on reservation land (Crosscut) 2/25/22
Tribal cannabis: Emerging markets in the prohibition era (Native News Online) 1/21/22
Center for Indian Country Development expanding data and research efforts (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) 1/20/22
Indigenous entrepreneurs reclaim traditional food systems in pursuit of the Native American dream (10News San Diego) 1/20/22
How Wisconsin cheese is helping put the first Indigenous-owned distillery in the country on the map (Wisconsin Rapids Tribune) 1/17/22
In the Southwest and Appalachia, Indigenous organizers want a new economy for their communities (WKU) 1/3/22