Economic Development & Entrepreneurship Resources

General Tribal Economic Development

Examples of Codes, Ordinances, Etc (NOTE - TWG does not endorse any of the codes found here but provides them as examples for tribes to review):

Squaxin Island Tribe  -  Enterprise Code

Warm Springs Full Code - Contains Sections for Enterprises & Commercial Law

Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation Code - Contains Gaming, Non Profit, LLC, Taxation, TERO Codes and More

Pascua Yaqui Tribal Codes - Contains Business & Commercial Code

Reports, Articles, Opinions & Books:

​Book: Reservation "Capitalism": Economic Development in Indian Country. Robert Miller. 2013

Creating Economic Development on Indian Reservations. Robert Miller

Treasury Department Fact Sheet: Tribal Economic Development Bonds

PBS Indian Country Diaries - Economic Development

"Tribal Economic Development and Entrepreneurship – Redefining the Paradigm" - Echohawk

Uniform Commercial Codes: Bringing Business to Indian Country. Susan Woodrow

A Model & Implementation Guide for a Tribal Secured Transactions Act. BIA

Lending in Indian Country: The Story Behind The Model Tribal Secured Transaction Act. Susan Woodrow. American Bar Association

Tribal Entrepreneurship

Reports, Articles, Opinions & Books:

4 Ways to Spur Native American Entrepreneurship, Emily Fetsch

Native American Entrepreneurship in South Dakota’s Nine Reservations, Lauren Stebbins and Kim Pate, Corporation for Enterprise Development, 2011

Creating Entrepreneurial Reservation Economics, Robert Miller, 2013

The Native American Entrepreneurship Report, Native Assets Research Center First Nations Development Institute, 2002

A study of Native American small business ownership: opportunities for entrepreneurs, Business and Economics Journal Volume 10 – October, 2014