FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND CANYON, AZ — Last week, Native entrepreneurs, cultural leaders, and tourism professionals gathered for Emergence II, an intertribal economic summit at the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park, to discuss new avenues for Native peoples to participate in and benefit from the bustling Grand Canyon economy. Over 60 attendees from […]
In August 2022, 75 Native entrepreneurs, artists, community leaders, governmental support staff, and National Park Service employees gathered on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park to lay the foundation for a more equitable Grand Canyon economy that centers Native cultural values. Take a look at the inaugural Emergence Intertribal Economic Summit › Download […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuba City, NAVAJO NATION — The 13 Native-led small businesses and non-profit ventures selected from a pool of nearly 50 applications for the competitive Change Labs 2020 Business Incubator Cohort share a passion for their work, a hunger to learn, and a drive to make things better for their families, their communities, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION — The Change Labs business incubator is accepting applications for its 2020 cohort from now until February 19, 2020. The business incubator will select 10 high-potential Native American entrepreneurs for a 12-month program designed to launch or accelerate small business startups. Applications must be submitted online by the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION (AZ) — A new app and website seek to keep millions of dollars of spending — and sales tax revenue — on the Navajo Nation and other tribal lands by connecting customers with Native-made goods and services. Rez Rising, now in the app store on iPhone, and on Android, includes […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuba City, AZ — Eleven Native-American-owned start-ups have been selected from a competitive pool to enter the rigorous Change Labs Business Incubator. The incubator, based in Tuba City, on the Navajo Nation, puts entrepreneurs through an intensive 12-18 month incubation program that includes business coaching, marketing, branding, and financial management training. Upon […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION, AZ — Change Labs is accepting applications for 10 open slots in its Native business incubator. Applications to the 2019 summer cohort must be submitted online at https://nativestartup.org/incubator by April 26, 2019. Formerly known as the Native American Business Incubator Network (NABIN), Change Labs offers a year-long incubator […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION, AZ — From now until April 26, 2019, Change Labs is accepting applications for its inaugural “Artist Rezidency” program in Tuba City, Arizona. All practicing Native American visual artists over the age of 18 are eligible to apply for this unique 1-year rezidency program. The selected rezident artist […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION — On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, over 40 community members and small business owners from across the Navajo and Hopi reservations gathered in the Tuba City chapter house, the seat of Navajo Nation local government, to weigh in on what services, equipment, and amenities they’d like to see […]
MEDIA ADVISORY TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION, AZ — With the help of a $1.2 million grant from the W.W. Kellogg Foundation and support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pakis Family Foundation (a supporting organization of the Arizona Community Foundation), Silicon Valley veteran Heather Fleming has teamed up with the Grand Canyon […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ – Have an idea for a business? Are you ready to jump in, and don’t know where to start? The Native American Business Incubator Network (NABIN) is accepting applications for its 2018 entrepreneurship program from now until February 28, 2018. Applicants must be Native American and live in the Four […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GALLUP, NM — Residents of the rural Navajo Nation have a new tool to sell products and services through online classified advertisements. The new online marketplace, rezlist.org, creates a space where the public can post new or used items for sale, services, and job openings, as well as events and public information. Chato-Seaton […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, Arizona – Three Navajo entrepreneurs walked away with $5,000 in start-up prize money each, plus a year of business counseling and advising services to get their start-ups off the ground, as winners of the 2017 Innovation Challenge. In January, the Native American Business Incubator Network (NABIN) and Catapult Design launched […]
Download the map of the proposed Marble Canyon and Little Colorado River tribal parks east of Grand Canyon National Park. Download your copy ›
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ—The Native American Business Incubator Network (NABIN) and Catapult Design are excited to announce the six finalists of this year’s Innovation Challenge, a competition open to Native American entrepreneurs. Up to three winners will each receive a $5,000 cash prize and one year of business counseling and support services (valued at […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ—The Native American Business Incubator Network (NABIN) and Catapult Design are excited to announce the Innovation Challenge, a competition open to Native American entrepreneurs. The winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and one year of business counseling and support services (valued at $15,000). Three runners-up will receive one year of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CROWNPOINT, NAVAJO NATION (New Mexico)—On Friday, October 7, 2016, designers, web developers, business counselors, small business owners, and start-ups from across the Navajo Nation and the country will converge on the campus of Navajo Technical University for a full day of workshops and mentoring sessions at the third annual Change Labs, a […]
Dangling the carrot of jobs and economic opportunity, outside developers are pushing the Navajo Nation to build a tramway and mega-resort on the Grand Canyon’s eastern rim. But tribal leaders are looking at alternative economic development plans that honor the Navajo way of life and build a place-based sustainable economy for the Navajo Nation.
Read the letter from the U.S. Forest Service to the mayor of Tusayan regarding the road easement application. Download the letter ›
Help Cloud Nine Recycling raise the $3,975 needed to buy its own recycling truck › DONATE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuba City, Navajo Nation/Hopi Reservation (Arizona)—Hopi recycling entrepreneur Tyler Tawahongva is poised to make a big difference in the reservation town of Tuba City, creating a community-based small business model that employs fellow tribe members, protects […]
