During a podcast interview in 2023, JD Vance said, “When the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did, and say,...

The BIA would like tribes to believe that it plays a role in economic development on their lands. But the reality is that the BIA is...

One would assume that having a new president shouting encouragement from the sidelines to “drill, baby, drill” would be a welcome sound...

Unless tribes push back hard, they are about to lose the half-century-old Indian Loan Guarantee Program (ILGP) and federal funding for...

Generally, Democrats prefer development of clean, renewable energy while Republicans favor fossil fuels. We consider both views to be...

Every federal employee’s worst nightmare is to be forced to appear before a congressional committee to respond to a situation in which...

Experience has proven that the worst way for a tribe to develop its energy and mineral resources is to await contact from a developer,...

Leading BIA bureaucrats seem to be perpetually dreaming of new ways to stack the deck chairs. It’s called “realignment.” Rumor has it...

Early in my career, I was asked to present our mineral program to a tribal council. Before I was to speak, a landman made a pitch to the...

The Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program administered by the Department of Interior’s Division of Capital Investment has supported...

Indigene Economics Group has learned that there is a proposal to realign the Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD) under the...

Some years ago, a friend founded a reservation-based business and hosted a launch party in a building that was to become her...

When Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD) was moved back to the BIA in 2021, the Deputy Bureau Director, Office of Trust...

For years, the BIA has discouraged Indigenous entrepreneurs. Why? Over 20 years ago, Horace Pipe, an enthusiastic and visionary Sioux...

Tribal sovereignty and self-determination can be exercised in different ways, from restoring languages and culture to reclaiming lands...

Access to capital is critical to bringing Indian Country’s natural resources online. One of the problems that tribes face in developing...

A member of the BIA’s departing Biden leadership team remarked about the key role agriculture plays in Native economies. He was...

The fourth EEO complaint filed against the US Department of Interior alleging mismanagement and creation of a toxic workplace within...

Why does your firm, Indigene Economics Group LLC, promote energy and mineral development on Native trust land?   Energy and mineral...

The incoming Trump Administration has made plain that renewable energy is out, and fossil fuels are in. It intends to aggressively...