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29 November 2025 Kim Pate, NDN Fund
Guest Opinion. Seven years ago, when NDN Fund set out to finance large-scale loans across Indian Country, the LandBack movement was a growing rallying cry for the return of land to Indigenous hands. Today, it thunders as a full-throated demand for justice, especially now that federal funding for community-driven investment is in peril. It's more than a slogan — it's a profound indictment of America's extractive land ownership model, born from centuries of genocide against Indigenous peoples.
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Tribal organizations and enterprises announced several executive appointments and leadership changes in November, including new chief executives at the California Rural Indian Health Board and...
November 29
Tribal Fire, a Native-owned cannabis delivery service in Sandwich, Mass., has partnered with cannabis producer Suncrafted to launch what the companies are calling the first Native American-branded...
November 24
Native American Bank and Park State Bank & Trust are providing $6.9 million in joint financing for Tava House Properties' restaurant and event center in Woodland Park, Colorado.
November 29
Cody Two-Bears spent more than $1 million training Native workers for clean energy jobs. Then the jobs disappeared.
The California Wildlife Conservation Board has awarded $5.5 million to the Wášiw-šiw Land Trust to support the purchase of 10,274 acres in the Washoe tribal homelands northeast of Lake Tahoe.
 
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has entered a multi-year heritage and sponsorship partnership with the Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team, becoming the exclusive tribal and casino partner of the Western Hockey League franchise and its home venue, accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.
Marni King’s career path began far from the boardroom. A member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, she started in a meatpacking plant before becoming a certified nursing assistant while pursuing a nursing degree. From there, she transitioned to insurance at Humana, where she earned six promotions in nine years.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury confirmed Thursday that the State Small Business Credit Initiative program will continue through March 11, 2028, resolving uncertainty over a potential deadline change that tribal advocates warned could disrupt tribal lending programs.
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.
The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana will open its second Raintree Market grocery store in Jeanerette on Wednesday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. at the new location.
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.
The Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation opened the nation's first tribally owned Popeyes franchise Nov. 18 in Minocqua, Wisc., marking the tribe's first off-reservation business venture.
Alaska Native Corporation-owned Akima has secured a $369 million Air Force contract to build an advanced maintenance training system for the T-7A Red Hawk, expanding its defense presence in Alabama.
The Cherokee Nation has become one of the first tribes to establish comprehensive artificial intelligence guidelines, signing a policy that allows AI use while protecting Cherokee language and culture.
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.
The future of Native renewable energy might not be utility-scale. It might, instead, be 20 homes at a time.