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Matthew Hecox, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, discusses the $1.4B economic impact of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation which provides thousands of jobs and pays millions in wages.

Our first session this morning is Adam Crepelle’s “Lies, Damn Lies, and Federal Indian Law,” in which he walks us through the long history of legal ethics and the longer history of international trade networks in what we now call the Americas.

Huge congratulations to the six First Nations and all the project partners who worked tirelessly to establish this 6,700-sq-km reserve, one of the largest in the Great Bear Sea MPA network off the BC coast. This is a hopeful story about Indigenous-led conservation and intergenerational work 🌊🐟💙🦀🌲

The rise of Indigenous restaurants has strengthened Native agriculture and food production. People are building the supply chains and working with local tribes to source traditional foods and Native-produced ingredients. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/ent...

New, long-sought agreement recognizes hat the Southern Ute Tribe has “the expertise & the governance systems to manage our resources responsibly while advancing the well-being of our Tribal Members and safeguarding our land, water & culture.” lasvegassun.com/news/2026/ma...

"Equity is the purest form of consent." Great interview with our friend Mark Podlasly of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition on the important work they are doing to ensure infrastructure development is "environmentally and economically inclusive.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob...

Plains Indian Sign Language connected communities. Then the US gov decimated bison herds & disrupted Indigenous trade networks & the language faded. When people were confined to reserves & children taken away, Indigenous languages fell silent, including sign. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/han...

WSU prof Gladstone helps Indigenous students reconcile a cognitive dissonance — they don’t have to surrender their identity as to practice business. Their identity is a tactical resource to approach & solve business problems using an Indigenous lens. news.wsu.edu/news/2026/04...

“An amazing history lesson. I’ve loved every minute… Understanding where we came from… as we figure out how to structure our tax system… I’m soaking it up here & I’m going back to my community to say ‘here’s what I learned.’” - ACES Participant Next event is Thursday: RezCap.eventbrite.com

This is a great profile by the Oregon State Bar of our esteemed colleague and friend, Prof. Bob Miller, who is as personable, funny, and kind as he is accomplished. www.osbar.org/bulletin/iss...

“For a long time, economic development in Indian Country has been like someone coming into your kitchen and deciding what’s for dinner. What’s different about this deal is… the community gets to decide what’s on the menu.... Like a Native potluck.” This is what #FiscalPower looks like.

Interested in AI and/or linguistic diversity? On this episode of the @lifewithmachines.bsky.social podcast, @baratunde.com talks to @runningwolf.bsky.social about data sovereignty and revitalizing Indigenous languages. youtu.be/Dz5pyprA5KA

Breaking promises to the Blackfeet & Chippewa Cree nations, USDA claims it’s because farming programs “involved discriminatory preferences based on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” Tribal citizenship is a political classification, not a racial one. nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...