In Tribal Nations across the United States, economic development is a vehicle for sovereignty, self-reliance, and future prosperity. However, when business operations become entangled with political dynamics, what begins as a strategy for growth can quickly...
NNAHRA 2025 Annual Conference: Join Blue Stone Strategy Partners
We’re proud to announce that Blue Stone Strategy Partners will be attending the 2025 NNAHRA Annual Conference, the leading forum for Tribal Human Resources professionals committed to building stronger, more resilient Tribal Nations. Across Indian Country, many Tribes...
Paddling Together: How Tribal Leadership Collaboration is Strengthening Native Economics in 2025
In Native cultures across North America, the canoe has long symbolized more than transportation. It represents journey, unity, and collective purpose. Today, as economic tides shift unpredictably in 2025, Tribal Nations are once again paddling together, uniting...
50 Years of Self-Determination: The Legacy and Future of the ISDEAA | From the Desk of Eric Metcalf
A Law That Changed Everything Fifty years ago, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) marked a monumental turning point in federal Indian policy. Prior to its passage in 1975, U.S. policy was dominated by assimilation, relocation, and...
Native Communities are Rural America From the Desk of Chief Melanie Benjamin
As concerns continue to rise about the future of rural America—its economy, healthcare access, housing availability, and job opportunities, a critical truth remains too often overlooked: Native American communities are not just a part of rural America. In many places,...
Securing Our Future: A Call for Exercising Tribal Sovereignty By Chief Melanie Benjamin
Securing Our Future: A Call for Exercising Tribal Sovereignty By Chief Melanie Benjamin, Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (2000 - 2024) For over two decades, I had the honor of serving as the Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (2000 -...
Indian Country Priorities in the Changing Federal Landscape: Economic Development as a Path to Self-Sufficiency By Joe Nayquonabe
Indian Country Priorities in the changing Federal landscape: Economic Development as a Path to Self-Sufficiency
By Joe Nayquonabe
Jason Mancini
CEO
Melanie Benjamin
Tribal Advisor and Vice President of Government Relations and Engagement
W. Ron Allen
Tribal Advisor
Jamie Fullmer
Chairman
Janeen Gordon
Project Management Specialist