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San Manuel to acquire historic Mission Inn in Riverside, adding to hotel portfolio

4 May 2026 Tribal Business News Staff

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation is extending its push into high-profile hospitality assets with a new agreement to acquire a landmark Southern California hotel, building on a series of recent investments outside gaming.

Colville Tribes receive 22.5-acre Methow River parcel in latest land transfer

03 May

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation has received a 22.54-acre land donation along the Methow River in north-central Washington, marking an expansion of tribal landholdings in a...

Tribal Energy Alternatives awards $3.2M in solar grants

May 03

Tribal Energy Alternatives has awarded $3.2 million in solar grants to 14 tribal nations and affiliated organizations to support renewable energy deployment and workforce development across Indian...

Fed analysis: Tribes leverage gaming, contracting to expand into new industries

May 03

A new analysis from the Center for Indian Country Development, a research unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, shows tribes with gaming and federal contracting operations tend to own...

Northwestern Shoshone leader Brad Parry earns $50k Schnitzer Prize for restoration work

May 01

Brad Parry, vice chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, has been awarded the inaugural Schnitzer Prize of the West for leading a large-scale land and water restoration project in...

Treasury initiates review of CDFIs, citing compliance and stewardship concerns

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has initiated a review of certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), including the roughly 65 Treasury-certified Native CDFIs operating...

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How Section 105(l) is reshaping Tribal control of infrastructure and long-term funding

The federal program is giving Tribes more control over the facilities their communities rely on, creating a more defined and predictable approach to funding, operations, and long-term infrastructure...

IN SERVICE | Emily Edenshaw leads Ketchikan Indian Community with focus on healing and workforce development

Economic Development

When Emily Edenshaw feels stuck, she returns to a piece of advice from an elder: if you’re spinning your wheels in the mud, get out and walk.

Alaska business plan competition awards Native entrepreneurs tackling rural service gaps

Indigenous Entrepreneurs

Alaska Growth Capital is expanding support for Indigenous entrepreneurs across rural Alaska through its Alaska Marketplace Business Plan Competition, a program aimed at building business capacity in remote communities.

After delays, OMB clears $289M for CDFI Fund, including $28M for Native lenders

Finance

The Office of Management and Budget has cleared $289 million in fiscal year 2025 funding for the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, including $28 million for the Native American CDFI Assistance Program, according to federal budget documents.

As data becomes a strategic asset, Native leaders face a new sovereignty test

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Sponsored Storytelling. For more than a decade, Indigenous researchers and advocates have built frameworks to govern Native data.

Embattled North Fork Rancheria casino in limbo as California high court declines review

Gaming

A long-running fight over a proposed off-reservation casino in the Central Valley reached a decisive point this month after the California Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that blocks the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians’ project without a valid state approval.

$6M federal award backs Klamath spring-run Chinook reintroduction effort

Food | Agriculture

Federal agencies have awarded $6 million to the Klamath Tribes, the Yurok Tribe and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to launch the upper basin’s first long-term spring-run Chinook salmon reintroduction effort.

Supreme Court declines Chinook bid for federal recognition through courts

Sovereignty

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Chinook Indian Nation’s petition on whether federal courts can recognize Indian tribes.

NDN Collective launches Landback Action Network to coordinate land return efforts

Real Estate

After years of building relationships across Indian Country, NDN Collective is formalizing a network it says has already been operating in practice.

Tribal Leaders Focus on Risk, Revenue and Stewardship at Native Ag Summit

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Sponsored Storytelling. In a packed conference room filled with nearly 150 attendees — boots and jeans, cowboy hats and notebooks — tribal leaders, ranch managers and agriculture professionals...

CIRI subsidiary launches tech firm to expand federal IT, cybersecurity contracting

Native Contracting

Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, has launched OSC Technical Solutions as a standalone operating company focused on federal IT, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure services.

Sundance Institute selects four filmmakers for 2026 Native Lab

Arts and Culture

The Sundance Institute selected four filmmakers for its 2026 Native Lab, a development program supporting Indigenous storytellers working on feature and episodic projects.

Red Lake Nation College establishes endowment with $7M MacKenzie Scott gift

Higher Education

Red Lake Nation College will deploy a $7 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to establish a permanent endowment aimed at long-term financial stability, college leaders said.

Calling Community Change Makers: Prevention Scholarship Now Open

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Sponsored Storytelling. Across reservations and Native communities, leadership doesn’t always come with a title. It looks like organizing community events, mentoring youth, advocating for health and...

Laguna Creek raises $6.3M to scale software for tribal tourism operators

Tourism

Gilbert, Ariz.-based Laguna Creek LLC has raised $6.3 million in a Series A round led by Tempe-based Dali Capital Partners to expand its software platform for tribal hospitality and tourism businesses, the company said.

EPA plans $90M for water infrastructure, with $30M through IHS partnership

Energy | Environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will deploy $90 million in new grant funding to support drinking water and wastewater infrastructure serving tribal nations and rural communities, the agency announced April 24.

$132M tribal health workforce housing project closes financing

Health Care

Tribal Development Partners LLC said it closed financing on a $132 million workforce housing project in Kotzebue, Alaska, aimed at stabilizing health care staffing across 12 Native communities in the Northwest Arctic region.

Congress made two kinds of tribes in 1953

Opinion | Op-Ed

Guest Essay. A non-Native man in tribal custody at the Quapaw Nation jail had a heart attack. Tribal staff called an ambulance. He was treated at the local emergency room. The bill came back at $25,000.

Aambé Health Launches “Living Food” Initiative with One Season Farmers and Harvest Today to Expand Tribal Food Systems

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Sponsored Storytelling. New partnership introduces scalable indoor farming solutions to improve food access, health outcomes and food sovereignty for tribal communities.

U.S. sues contractors over alleged $2.1M fraud in Rosebud Sioux broadband project

Policy and Law

Federal prosecutors have filed a civil fraud complaint against Arizona-based telecommunications contractors accused of inflating costs and billing for nonexistent equipment on a federally funded broadband project on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.

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Congress made two kinds of tribes in 1953

San Manuel to acquire historic Mission Inn in Riverside, adding to hotel portfolio

Treasury initiates review of CDFIs, citing compliance and stewardship concerns

Fed analysis: Tribes leverage gaming, contracting to expand into new industries

IN SERVICE | Emily Edenshaw leads Ketchikan Indian Community with focus on healing and workforce development