22 August 2026
Tribal energy projects can require navigating as many as a dozen federal agencies, lengthy permitting processes and significant development costs before construction begins. The Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is laying out a strategy it says will make that process easier — while putting more federal resources behind projects led by tribes.
20 Aug
The Rappahannock Tribe’s economic development arm has formed an SBA Tribal 8(a) technology joint venture with Netmaker Communications, LLC expanding the Tribe’s push into the federal contracting...
August 20
Banks have capital. Native CDFIs know their communities. But bringing the two together takes more than a grant.
August 18
Gila River Health Care will invest more than $25 million to establish a University of Arizona medical school branch on the Gila River Indian Community, a long-term workforce investment aimed at...
August 19
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is providing $150 million in debt financing to Minneapolis-based Niron Magnetics to support construction of the company’s first full-scale manufacturing...
The Havasupai Tribe has begun construction on a $7 million broadband project that will extend communications infrastructure across the Havasupai Reservation, from the rim of the Grand Canyon to...
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As artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine transform healthcare and scientific research, Indigenous leaders say tribal nations must prepare to govern one of their most valuable...
