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28 December 2025 Brian Edwards and Chez Oxendine
At the end of 2024, with the election decided and a new administration headed to Washington, we laid out four areas we expected would shape Indian Country’s economic story this year: artificial intelligence, agriculture policy, clean energy and access to capital. The choices weren’t speculative. They reflected active programs, bipartisan commitments and billions of dollars already in motion.
31 Dec
President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have expanded the Miccosukee Tribe’s reserved area inside Everglades National Park, marking one of his first two vetoes of his second term.
January 01
The Oneida Nation Business Committee said it adopted a resolution requiring all tribal divisions, entities and corporations to disengage from contracts involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement,...
December 31
The Menominee Nation broke ground on its first new homes in 25 years this month, while the Navajo Nation has instead repaired more than 100 existing houses over the past year — a split that reflects...
December 31
Turning Stone Resort Casino, LLC, a governmental instrumentality of the Oneida Indian Nation, has closed a $440 million senior secured revolving credit facility that will refinance existing debt and...
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund on Dec. 23 awarded $10 billion in New Markets Tax Credits to 142 organizations for 2024-2025, including nine organizations that committed to...
 
These were our favorite stories of 2025 because they reflect Indian Country as it actually is — and the kind of journalism we’re committed to doing. Not aspirational. Not abstract. Just stories grounded in decisions tribes and Native people are making right now about land, labor, capital and culture.
Samantha Skenandore once planned to be a veterinarian. Today, she is a founding partner at Madison, Wisc.-based Skenandore Wilson LLP, specializing in tribal law and governance.
Impact investor Mission Driven Finance has closed $1.2 million in financing connected to New Mexico, with loans to four businesses, including a Native woman-owned construction company based in Pueblo de San Ildefonso.
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe's Casino Del Sol will pay more than $60 million over 20 years for naming rights to the University of Arizona's football stadium, the largest such deal in Big 12 Conference history.
USDA Rural Development has approved a $25 million loan guarantee for the Blue Mountain Mill, a regenerative flour mill under construction at Coyote Business Park on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon.
After nearly four decades building the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development into the preeminent research center on tribal governance, Joseph P. Kalt handed the reins to economist Randall Akee this summer, marking a generational transition in how academic institutions study and support Native nation-building.
Daniel Webster saw opportunities for growth when he started his construction career in a flagging position. He worked his way up from the field to the boardroom, where he is now the director of diversity and inclusion at Walbec Group, leading workforce development and tribal outreach efforts across the company’s operations.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has extended the deadline for a sweeping audit of companies in the 8(a) Business Development Program and released new guidance clarifying what firms — including tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations — must submit, following widespread confusion over the scope of the request.
Blackfeet filmmakers Ivan and Ivy MacDonald won the Frank Blythe Award from Vision Maker Media for their documentary Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya, which chronicles efforts to return wild bison to the Blackfeet reservation in Montana.
The College of the Muscogee Nation and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas signed an agreement that will allow tribal college students to transfer into UNLV's hospitality program with a focus on tribal gaming and hospitality management.
A coalition of South Dakota's nine tribal nations will use a $175,000 prize to train Native youth and develop tourism businesses that keep revenue in Indian Country rather than flowing to outside operators.
Covering Indian Country energy in 2025 felt a little like watching someone finish some wiring, hit the switch, and hearing a “pop” somewhere as the bulbs flickered and died. The repair work now is less about flipping the switch again than rebuilding the system behind it.