Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is condemning a Facebook ban on legal sales of products made from any “part, pelt or skin from an animal, including fur,” according to the site’s commerce policy.
Read MoreJaymie Campbell, Anishnaabe hailing from the Curve Lake First Nation, left her full-time job last year to focus her energy into growing White Otter Design Co., her aboriginal fashion and art business.
Read MoreTanksi Clairmont—an enrolled tribal member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate from Sisseton, South Dakota, and a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate from Rosebud, South Dakota—has been named director of the Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund.
Read MoreEntrepreneurs in Indian Country often face unique start-up challenges like difficulty accessing business loans, federal restrictions on leasing and other activities on Tribal trust lands, and proximity to cities, since many Tribes are located in highly rural areas.
Read MoreA virtual reality (VR) and coding academy is coming to Whitehorse High School on the Navajo Nation reservation. Principal Kim Schaefer hopes the VR initiative will prepare a new generation of Navajo students for entrepreneurship or successful careers.
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