Business Resources
Native American Resources
NativeEDGE
This site is created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development designed to facilitate sustainable economic development in Native American communities. The site identifies resources that combine individual entrepreneurs with federal and tribal resources.
ONABEN
This site is a Native American business network created by the Northwest Indian Tribes to increase success of private businesses owned by Native Americans in Washington and Oregon. It assists and encourages tribes to share business development resources. There are business related classes, workshops, and conferences; a business directory for the Pacific Northwest; and news and events for small businesses in the Pacific Northwest.
MBDA
The site has tools for locating business related resources around the country. The Resource Locator is an Interent based tool that allows Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) to search for business resources interactively on the Internet. The Resource Locator can help MBEs identify trade associations representing their industries, government licensing, permit offices, management, technical assistance providers, and a host of other resources quickly. Site also includes identifying: resources to access capital; federal contracting opportunities; and credit scoring information.
Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)
This site is a national organization, founded in 1982 by a dedicated group of tribal finance officers who recognized a need to share financial information. The purpose of the site is to provide a professional organization dedicated to the improvement of the quality of financial and business management of Native American governments and businesses to strengthen tribal sovereignty through sound financial management.
The Native Workplace
The primary focus for this site is to provide Native people a place to learn about green careers within Native communities.
UIDA
This site serves as an information center for Native American Small Businesses attempting to access government contracting opportunities.
SBA 8(a) Contractor Certification
SBA's 8 (a) Business Development program is intended to help small businesses be successful for the future. Businesses can benefit from the wide-range of services offered including support for government contractors, access to capital, management and technical assistance, and export assistance, just to name a few.The site contains detailed information on the 8(a) contracting program.
Office of Government Contracting (GC)
Federal Government Procurement Opportunities
FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for federal government procurement opportunities. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet. Through this portal commercial vendors seeking federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire federal contracting community.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
NCAI was founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the U.S. NCAI serves as a forum for consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250 tribal governments from every region of the country.
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) is one of the oldest and most respected regional organizations in the United States. Established in 1953 by tribal leaders, ATNI represents 52 tribes from primarily Oregon, Washington, Idaho, with additional member tribes in Alaska, Montana, Nevada, and Northern California. This site enables you to keep abreast of political events that can affect businesses conducting business on a reservation.
State of Washington's Governor's Office of Indian Affairs (GOIA)
GOIA recognizes the importance of sovereignty and affirms the government-to-government relationships and the principles identified in the Centennial Accord. The mission is to promote and enhance tribal self-sufficiency and serves to assist the state in developing policies consistent with those principles. A list of all recognized tribes in Washington State is located on this site. The list includes names and contact numbers for most tribal departments.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
The BIA is responsible for the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. There are 562 federal recognized tribal governments in the United States. Developing forestlands, leasing assets on the land, directing agricultural programs, protecting water and land rights, developing and maintaining infrastructure and economic development are all part of the agency's responsibility. Also, the BIA provides education services to approximately 48,000 Indian students.
Native American Business Alliance
This Native American Business Alliance has two missions: to facilitate mutually beneficial relationships between private and public businesses with Native American owned companies and to educate the communities on Native American culture, paving the way for future generations. The site has links to: SBA state locations; Native American Business Alliance Directory; certifications programs; online business startup tools; financing; business plan development; and federal agency links.
First Nations Development Institute
The First Nations Development Institute was founded in 1980 with the mission to assist Indigenous people to control and develop their assets and, through that control, build the capacity to direct their economic futures in ways that fit their cultures. Site includes: grants, loans, technical assistance; Native philanthropy; publications, resources; and financial education.
Indian Tax Guide
This site assists people engaging with Indian tribes or tribal members. The information contained in this guide provides guidance for activities such as sales of tangible personal property or retail services, and treaty fishery activity or the exercise of other treaty rights.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
SBIR was originally established in 1982 by the Small Business Innovation Development Act, based on successful pilot program at the National Science Foundation and the recommendation of a White House Conference on Small Business, then expanded and reauthorized. Ten federal agencies set aside a portion of their R&D budget each year to fund reserach proposals from small science and technology firms. Learn about innovation research funding opportunities for small businesses on this Web site.
IRS Taxation Issues for Indian Tribes and Native Americans
This site contains a list of FAQs regarding taxation issues for Indian Tribes and Native Americans doing business on and off reservations. The FAQs are provided for general information only and should not be cited as any type of legal authority. They are designed to provide the user with information required to respond to general inquiries. Due to the uniqueness and complexities of Indian law and federal tax law, it is imperative to ensure a full understanding of the specific question presented and to perform the necessary research to ensure a correct response is provided.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
This site provides access to a database of all federal programs available to state and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public; quasi-public, and private and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
Federal Grant Opportunities
This site contains a list of all federal government agencies and grant opportunities from the agencies, complete with a search capability.
Indianz
This site reports on issues related to Native American tribes.
Indian Country Today
This site is a national newspaper reporting on current events around the United States.
Falmouth Institute
This site is a monthly news magazine providing timely, in-depth and lively coverage of the issues that impact Native Americans and their communities.