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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.
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The Cherokee Nation has launched a new initiative to drive job creation and private investment in distressed areas of its reservation by deploying its State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) allocation through a targeted lending program.
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2025 was a year of unprecedented challenges to tribal sovereignty and economic self-determination, as the Trump administration's sweeping policy changes — from proposed budget cuts to federal grant freezes to office closures — tested the durability of treaty obligations and tribal-federal relationships.
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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.
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There are federal policies that move slowly because they’re controversial. And then there are policies that move slowly because everyone agrees — but no one knows how to act.
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After more than a century of advocacy, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina secured full federal recognition in late December, when Congress included the Lumbee Fairness Act in the annual National Defense Authorization Act. With President Donald Trump’s signature, the Lumbee became the 575th federally recognized tribe in the U.S., opening access to federal programs administered by agencies including the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service.
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This month's People on the Move highlights new directors, officers and board members at organizations including Cherokee Nation, the Alaska Native Heritage Center, Cook Inlet Region Inc., North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems and the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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The 6th Annual TribalHub Cybersecurity Summit will introduce an executive responsibility track for non-technical leaders when it convenes Feb. 17-20, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida.
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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.
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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 Cowlitz Economic Authority, along with board appointments at organizations serving Native communities nationwide.