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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.
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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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MINNEAPOLIS — The Center for Indian Country Development has launched a data visualization tool that tracks socioeconomic changes in Native communities over more than three decades, offering tribal leaders and policymakers new ways to analyze economic trends across Indian Country.
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LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wisc. — The Wisconsin Indigenous Housing & Economic Development Corp. (WIHEDC) is partnering with Wisconsin tribes to establish small business hubs on their reservations through a state grant, with each of the state's 11 federally recognized tribes eligible to receive $90,000.
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MINNEAPOLIS — The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis formally launched its Survey of Native Nations to all federally recognized tribes Thursday, expanding a data collection effort that tribal leaders say addresses critical gaps in economic information about Indian Country.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Tribal leaders need better tools to address persistent data gaps that undermine their governance and economic development efforts, according to Rob Maxim, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who spoke Thursday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Center for Indian Country Development.
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For years, I’ve heard the same line about tribal broadband: “Don’t be a customer.”
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LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wisc. — Wisconsin tribal leaders said affordable housing capacity on tribal land is becoming structurally unmanageable under current models — and tribes may need to shift away from being the primary landlord in the future.
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October delivered a wave of strategic leadership appointments across Indian Country. Organizations from Alaska to Oklahoma tapped executives with proven track records in economic development, cultural preservation, and tribal enterprise management—signaling a clear investment in Indigenous-led growth and sovereignty.
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Michigan’s 12 federally recognized tribes have quadrupled their non-gaming economic impact in the state since 2019 as more tribes create more tribal enterprises to diversify their economies.