Video Series: The Importance of Native-Owned Small Businesses to Tribal Economy Building

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) designed the groundbreaking “Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them” animated video series to educate current and future tribal leaders, key decision-makers, citizens, other Indian Country stakeholders, and non-Native policymakers about the vital importance of Native-owned small businesses to the rebuilding of vibrant Native economies, and how tribal governments can best support the cultivation of a vibrant small business ecosystem in and around tribal lands. Totaling 12 minutes, the three videos can be viewed here:

Traditional Native Economies

Colonial Disruption and Its Enduring Legacies

Reclaiming Native Economies through Small Business Development

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