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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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Trading at the River 2009
Thanks to everyone who made Trading at the River a success! ONABEN appreciates your support and we look forward to seeing you next year!
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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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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.
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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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ONABEN's newest curriculum, Indianpreneurship: Growing a Business in Indian Country, is being tested at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Confederated Umatilla Journal recently featured the class in an article! Check it out and learn about the new curriculum, which is for existing business owners who want to grow their businesses. And keep checking www.indianpreneurship.com for more information about the curriculum!
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Indianpreneurs from Little Big Horn College!
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Congratulations to the 22 new Indianpreneurs who just graduated from the Indianpreneurship class at Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana! The new business plan ideas include a coffee shop/art gallery, a rodeo tack business, and a horse-boarding business. You can read all about the lastest Indianpreneurs! Jackie Old Coyote, one of the course instructors, said of the curriculum, "The first day we spent time talking about, making sense of, Crow values- of serving Crow people. Then we took them through very clear steps to a business plan."
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Miss a Workshop at Trading at the River?
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Did you miss a workshop or plenary session you wanted to see at Trading at the River? Never fear! We have powerpoints, handouts, and speaker contact info here! Anne Berblinger presented at the plenary session on the second day and talked about slow food. Bret Bernhoft was a panelist on our "The Many Faces of the Web" session. Joan Timeche's presentation is coming soon! And if you would like to learn about about Leslie Johnson from the Tourism workshop, check out explorepacificnwtribes.com orthe AIANTA page.
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NAYA Native Professionals Night!
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Please join Native American Youth and Family Center on Thursday, June 11th to celebrate the
opening of a special art exhibit "Parallel Worlds", which features exquisitely
designed traditional ceremonial robes created by Native American artists of the
Pacific Northwest and Ainu artists from Hokkaido. They will meet at the Rose
Test Garden
at 6pm for registration and refreshments and continue on to the Japanese Garden at 7pm for the reception.
Light snacks and refreshments will be served. The Japanese Garden
will be open only for this event and Garden members. This is a unique opportunity to network and enjoy art in
the garden! Please RSVP with Lai-Lani, you will need a ticket to get into the Japanese Garden.
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Small Business Legal Clinic Seminar: Navigating the Tax Maze
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The Small Business Legal Clinic, along with Worksource Oregon, the Department of
Consumer & Business Services, the Social Security Administration, the
Oregon Department of Revenue, and the Internal Revenue Service, will be
presenting a four-part series for new businesses and employers on taxes and
other payroll deductions in May and June.
WHERE: Portland
Development Commission, 222 NW Fifth Ave.
COST: $90 if
you sign up for the whole series by May 1.
Otherwise, cost is $25 per seminar (in advance); $30 at the door
4pm to
7pm
WHEN:
May 7th,
2009, Choice of Business Entity and Tax/Payroll, Obligations of Each
May
21st, 2009, Worker (Mis?) Classification: Independent Contractor or Employee?
June 4th, 2009, SSA/IRS Wage
Reporting Tips
June 18th, 2009, Combined State Payroll Tax Reporting
To register, please go to the SBLC website.
Space is limited!
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Women, Minority and Emerging Small Business Certification Office has moved!
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The Certification Office (Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Businesses) has moved and is now housed in the State Lands Building, at 775 Summer St. NE, Salem, Oregon. The office no longer has a notary available so you are encouraged to notarize all applications and affidavits in advance. The post office address, PO Box 14480, Salem, OR 97309-0405, is preferred for added security and more timely delivery. You can contact the Certification Office at (503) 373-7041.
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NAYA IDA Program for Mircroenterprise!
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NAYA Family Center is currently accepting applications for clients interested in post-secondary and microenterprise IDA's (Individual Development Accounts). Clients must be: Oregon residents, at least 18 years old, have a net worth under $20,000, have the ability and desire to save, and have a qualifying household income. Participants will have the chance to save $740 and NAYA will match it 3:1, resulting in a possible $2,960 to be used towards post-secondary education or starting your own business! Contact Deanne Grant for more information and registration.
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Check out our community, Native American, and small business news feed: just scroll down to the bottom of this page or go to our news page. To submit events please email kathleen @ onaben.org.
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The ONABEN Women's Business Center (WBC) supports women in accessing resources, training and support for starting and growing their businesses, with an emphasis on Native American female entrepreneurs.
Please contact WBC Director, Kedma Ough, at (503) 998-9560.
The WBC is located at: 5257 NE MLK Jr. BLVD., Suite 201, Portland, OR 97211.
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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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