The Center for Rural Affairs is launching collaborative work spaces on Nebraska Indian Community College campuses in Macy and Santee for making, learning, exploring and sharing. The "Makerspaces" will include traditional, low-tech tools, and also significant investments in cutting-edge technologies. Kristine Flyinghawk, native communities manager at the Center for Rural Affairs, said among other tools available to students and tribal members, the program is especially excited to install a Glowforge. .
Native American women in Arizona are getting a chance to launch their own businesses, with expert advice. Project DreamCatcher is a unique, free initiative for Native American women entrepreneurs. In the intensive, one-week program, they re exposed to MBA-level business classes at Arizona State University s Thunderbird School of Global Management. .
As a way to provide the training and skills needed to run a business, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management have developed programs geared to help Indigenous entrepreneurs.