One of the great questions I have about the United States these days is about how we plan to deal with changes in our current setup in regard to Native American’s. I mean, what happens if reservations are above huge natural gas deposits that couldn’t be used before the advent of fracking? What if this [...]
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Online Course For Native Americans
The US Small Business Administration, over at www.sba.gov, have recently introduced a new course especially for businessmen and women with Native American heritage to help them out when they decide to begin a new business. The course is entitled “Native American Small Business Primer: Strategies for Success” and it includes general business practise as well [...]
Helping Native Americans Understand Their Debt
It’s important that debt-laden Native Americans be aware of online tools such as the PaymentBot that are available to understand personal debt. When an individual hears someone ask them if they have heard the good news, he will naturally respond with “What good news?” Now, there are certain types of good news that are not [...]
The Historic Oakville Woodland Mound
The Oakville Indian mounds stand in almost 130 acres in Lawrence County. The area is very peaceful but also attracts a lot of visitors, fisherman, birdwatchers, hikers and joggers all frequently use the area. But if we go back a thousand years it was probably popular with Native Americans. The specialist historian at the site [...]
Canadian Protests – Ancestral Lands
It is now nearly five weeks since Theresa Spence has lived on a temporary campsite next to the Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa. She has lived on only fish broth and cups of tea, Theresa is the Chief of a Native American tribe and she is there to protest about her tribes living conditions. [...]
Tools to Help Native Americans with Their Finances
Native Americans have to pay taxes as well. Particularly those that generate their income off of Reservations. A great tool for ensuring that taxes are being calculated correctly is a paychack calculator. Education is one of the most important tools when it comes to the impact that taxes will have on the amount of money [...]
Native American Struggle with Their Mortgages
Native Americans struggle with their mortgages loans disproportionately to the American population at large. Native Americans can do a lot to promote their financial health by using a mortgage amortization calculator to help understand their loans. When it comes to shopping for a home, people tend to fail to take their time in order to [...]
All American Brands – Not as American as You Think
A German-British scientist called Erich Huzenlaub found a new way to retain more of the nutrients in rice. It was a form of parboiling which is now known as the Huzenlaub Process. The first stage is vacuum drying the whole grain. Secondly it is steamed. The final stage involves vacuum drying and husking. The result [...]
The Incredible Native American Entrepreneurs of Oregon
It might surprise you but the Native American community in Oregon launched new businesses faster than almost any other community in the country. In fact the rate was almost twice the overall natural average in the USA. On the whole the majority of these were starting up on their own, but don’t let that mask [...]
America, Farming and Manufacturing
One of the most tragic things about the way Native populations have been treated is how their natural resources have been flat out taken away. America’s vast plains have always offered enough bounty to support massive populations based on high density crops, as well as the economic advantages which come from high end crops like [...]
