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Market your Native-owned business or Tribal enterprise for FREE with the ONABEN NW Native American Business Directory. Our print edition has a circulation of 750 and is updated every two years. We are also working on an online edition at our website which averages 350 hits daily. Please complete and return this form to us by email, mail, or fax to be listed in our online Business Directory and next print Directory update. Opportunities to advertise are available for our next print Directory update. Please call for more information. Trouble opening up the form? Download the latest version of Adobe Reader for free. |
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Enter ONABEN as your Charity and support Native American entrepreneurship!
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NOW HIRING!
NOW HIRING!
ONABEN is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the following positions:
Deputy Director
Administrative Assistant
Marketing Intern
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter addressing their qualifications for the position and why this position might fulfill their personal and career objectives.
The Deputy Director and Administrative Assistant positions will close December 2, 2009. The Marketing Intern position will remain opened until filled.
Please send application materials to:
Selena Yokoyama, Administrative Services Director
ONABEN-A Native American Business Network
PO Box 231116
Tigard OR 97281-1116
Email: selena (at) onaben.org
ONABEN is a 501(c)(3) organization and an equal opportunity provider based in Tigard, Oregon.
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Indianpreneurship®: A Native American Journey into Business
Indianpreneurship®: A Native American Journey into Business
Recognized in 2005 by the Honoring Nations Awards Program of Harvard's Project on American Indian Economic Development, our small business training curriculum for the Native American entrepreneur is available for purchase.
Learn more about our Indianpreneurship curriculum and order today! Please print, fill out and fax your completed order form to 503.968.1548.
Visit us on the web at Indianpreneurship.com!
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Valerie Taliman: Native women entrepreneurs: Good business for Indian country
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Native women entrepreneurs: Good business for Indian country
As
I leave the nonprofit world to return to my own company, I’m inspired
by Native women who’ve built successful businesses and created
thousands of jobs in Indian country. Their leadership has shaped a path
for others to follow, and our communities are benefiting from their
vision and fortitude.
Most
people are surprised to learn there are more than 90,000 privately held
companies owned by Native American women. These businesses generate
more than $12 billion in annual sales and employ some 130,000 people,
according to a 2004 survey by the Center for Women’s Business Research. That’s no small thing in Indian country.
On a national basis, more than one out of 11 Native women own a
business. We also have the highest rate of entrepreneurship among major
ethnic groups (9.2 percent compared to Caucasian-6, Hispanic-4.2, and
African American-2.8 percent.) Business ownership increased by nearly
70 percent between 1997 and 2004, and new data due out in 2010 is
expected to show further increases.
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Posted by onaben on Tuesday, September 08 @ 20:27:21 GMT (351 reads)
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August's Indianpreneur of the Month: Jerri Anderson!
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featured business this month is Walk-N-Beauty, a Native-owned and operated
handmade shoe company! Jerri Anderson founded the company “pretty much
with a vision and a dream. I bought a pair of shoes that had beadwork several
years ago from a popular magazine, and everywhere I wore them people asked
where I got them. If I had a dollar for every person who asked me I would have
been rich!” She has been beading since she was a little girl, and her friends
kept telling her she could make shoes like that.
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Posted by onaben on Tuesday, September 01 @ 23:44:55 GMT (358 reads)
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SBA Offers Online Course on Winning Federal Contracts
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WASHINGTON ─ The U.S. Small Business Administration
today launched a new online training course to help strengthen access to
contracting opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by women,
minorities, disadvantaged individuals and veterans.
The training course, “Recovery Act Opportunities: How to
Win Federal Contracts,” is part of a federal government-wide initiative
announced last month by President Obama and being led by SBA and the Department
of Commerce.
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Posted by onaben on Tuesday, September 01 @ 23:38:03 GMT (321 reads)
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Native American & Veterans Business Conference & Trade Show
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The United Tribes of All Indians- Native PTAC is hosting the annual Native American and Veterans Business Conference and Trade Show on September 15th and 16th at the Tulalip Resort
and Casino in Tulalip, Washington. Come learn about the federal contracting opportunities available to small businesses! For more info visit the PTAC website or call 206.816.6596.
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Announcing the Governor's Marketplace Conference!
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The Governor's Marketplace Conference will be help on October 8th at Portland State University, in the Smith Memorial Student Union. Join to learn about contracting strategies in a down economy for small businesses! The all-day event is free, and features a tradeshow, educational workshops, stimulus projects update, and networking opportunities. More info!
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Native Empowerment Personal Finance Conference
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Northwest Indian
College Cooperative
Extension
Financial Literacy Program is hosting a Native Empowerment Personal Finance Conference from July 22dn-23rd in Bellingham, Washington. During the two-day conference, experts in their fields will discuss the current issues and trends in personal finance today. There will be discussions on CDFI's and contemporary banking. Please call 360-383-0777 to make your reservation.
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Third Thursday in Gresham Looking for Native Vendors!
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The Gresham Historic Downtown Association is hosting a Third Thursday Event monthly from May to October, and they are looking for original artists that have any
Native American art or jewelry. It is held every Third Thursday from May
through October, from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at no cost to vendors. Check out the flyer for more information, or go to www.exploregresham.com!
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Native American Small Business Day at CTUIR!
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR)
recently designated the second Wednesday in June as “CTUIR Native American Small
Business Day” on the reservation. Thanks to the efforts of Kathleen Flanagan,
the Business Service Center Manager, the small businesses on the reservation
will now be recognized and celebrated every year.
The first
Small Business Day took place on Wednesday, June 17th. A group, including
several members of the Tribal Board of Trustees, three ONABEN staffers, and
interested CTUIR staff, toured five small businesses on the reservation and in
Pendleton and spoke with the business owners. The group stopped at Cayuse
Country Flowers and Gifts, Studio 421, Clarence Burke Gallery, Cut It Again
Sams, and The Hair Gallery.
After
the tour, the Wildhorse Resort & Casino hosted a reception honoring Native
American small business owners. They spoke about the challenges and rewards of
becoming business owners, and praised Kathleen and the Business Service Center
for helping them become successful. Congratulations to all the CTUIR business
owners! We hope to see other tribes publicly recognizing their small businesses
too. We look forward to celebrating many more small business days!
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Two Native-Owned Small Businesses Receive Top Honors for their Economic Growth a
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The U.S. Small Business Administration today recognized two
of its Emerging 200 (e200) initiative participants as being among the winners
of the 2009 Inner City 100 competition, held by the Initiative for a
Competitive Inner City (ICIC).
The Inner City 100 lists fast-growing companies located
in America's inner cities. The award
spotlights and supports growing companies in urban areas and highlights the
importance of a healthy economy in developing healthy urban communities.
Chosen from a pool of nearly 6,500
applicants, the two small businesses recognized from the SBA's Emerging 200
initiative are:
Sacred Power Corporation, a
Native-American owned and operated small business with a charter to provide
renewable and distributive energy, as well as telecommunications solutions.
FutureNet Group is a
Native-American owned small business that provides environmental and
engineering services to protect the environment and support communities.
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Indianpreneurship in the the Sicangu Lakota Oyate
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First Nations Development Institute has been a supporter of ONABEN for many years. The Sinte Gleska
University/Tribal Business Information Center was awarded a $10,000
Native Youth and Culture Fund grant by First Nations Development
Institute to provide culturally-based training in financial education
and business development; teachings in traditional arts and culture;
and mentoring to support and increase youth leadership on the
reservation. They are now including ONABEN's Indianpreneurship curriculum in their financial literacy program! Read all about it!
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| Northwest Native American Business Directory 2007-2009 |
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The Northwest Native American Business Directory 2007-2009 is available for $19.95! Download the order form here or call ONABEN at 503-968-1500, or toll free at (800)854-8289 to process your order by credit card. Our directory lists approximately 350 Native businesses, casinos, tribes and Native American chambers and business associations in the Northwest.
Browse our online edition here.
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| Tuesday, June 09 | | · | ONABEN's New Curriculum! |
| Friday, June 05 | | · | Indianpreneurs from Little Big Horn College! |
| Tuesday, May 19 | | · | Miss a Workshop at Trading at the River? |
| Friday, May 15 | | · | NAYA Native Professionals Night! |
| Friday, April 17 | | · | Small Business Legal Clinic Seminar: Navigating the Tax Maze |
| Tuesday, April 07 | | · | Women, Minority and Emerging Small Business Certification Office has moved! |
| Monday, April 06 | | · | NAYA IDA Program for Mircroenterprise! |
| Friday, March 27 | | · | Ho-Chunk Nation Graduates First Indianpreneurs! |
| Thursday, March 19 | | · | Fourth Annual Young Native Writers' Contest |
| · | SBA Launches Online Community For Small Biz |
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