Tracks: Enterprise Development
The health of tribal economies in the post-pandemic future will depend more than ever on diversification and development of private, member-owned businesses on- and off-reservation lands. Fortunately, the opportunities to expand existing businesses and develop new ventures has never been better in Indian Country. The availability of a wide variety of government stimulus programs and the drive to repatriate manufacturing and move production closer to the end user have become major economic drivers. This panel of tribal economic development experts and business operators will discuss the range of opportunities available and the best methods to spur growth at the tribal and individual member level.