The ACES School

Prof. Austin will be at All Roads Lead to Chaco Canyon 2026 at the Mashantucket Pequots’ Foxwoods Resort Casino next week. Join us!

Register today:

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Law and the Economy: creating policies that work for Native communities — Navajo E-ship Coalition

What is sovereignty?

“I'm not talking about the colonized mind. I'm not talking about the white people's thinking. What is sovereignty in your own thinking? Your own culture? That's what we need to think about."

Prof. Raymond Austin

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For some of us, every day is #IndigenousPeoplesDay

While we are bound by US Supreme Court precedent, we are not bound to stay silent as to the underlying racism and prejudices that are woven into the very fabric of those opinions.

Instead, every chance we get, we must clearly, loudly, and unequivocally state that was “wrong.”

That was wrong.

In his opinion, Mungia cites ACES co-founder:

3 See Adam Crepelle, Lies, Damn Lies, and Federal Indian Law: The Ethics of Citing Racist Precedent in Contemporary Federal Indian Law

WA Supreme Court upholds Stillaguamish sovereignty, property rights. Justice Mungia dissents:

“Not from the majority's opinion… from the racism embedded in the federal case law that applies to this dispute.”

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How can Native nations harness technology for sovereignty and prosperity?

Join The ACES School November 6-7 at Foxwoods Resort Casino on the Mashantucket Tribal Pequot Nation.

#ReservationEconomics
#IndianCountry
#DigitalTrade

Digital Trade Conference Announced at Foxwoods Resort Casino This November, experts in fintech, crypto, and A.I. will gather at Mashantucket, one of the longest continually occupied Native reservations in North America, for the seventh annual All Roads Lead to ...

At All Roads Lead to Chaco Canyon: Navigating Streams of the Digital Economy you’ll learn about digital ways of doing business & how to harness tech for governance & economic development.

Join us & our hosts the Mashantucket Pequot Nation at Foxwoods Nov 6-7.

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BECOMING NATIONS AGAIN, w/ Adam Crepelle Podcast Episode · My History Can Beat Up Your Politics · 07/28/2025 · 36m

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Was Nixon the best president American Indian tribes have ever had? He ended the termination era, recognized tribes as governments, and was the first president to return land.

Adam Crepelle discusses Becoming Nations Again with Bruce Carson @myhist.bsky.social

Digital Trade Conference Announced at Foxwoods Resort Casino This November, experts in fintech, crypto, and A.I. will gather at Mashantucket, one of the longest continually occupied Native reservations in North America, for the seventh annual All Roads Lead to ...

Nov 6-7, experts in fintech, crypto & AI will gather at Mashantucket, one of the longest continually occupied Native reservations in North America, for the 7th annual All Roads Lead to Chaco Canyon conference: Navigating Streams of the Digital Economy.

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YouTube video by John Templeton Foundation The Indian Country Private Sector Project | Adam Crepelle

Ceremonies create moments & moments create memories. In pre-literate societies, ceremonies punctuated trade deals & peace treaties.

In this video, Adam explains the importance of passing the calumet (ceremonial pipe) to commence negotiations & cement transactions.

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How can tribes harness digital markets to bypass traditional barriers and foster economic growth?

Reservation Economics
Thursday, Sept 25
8 am - 5 pm
Texas Native Health
Dallas TX

Co-hosts: Native American Business Association - NABA

Register: www.nativeamericanbusinessassociation.org/networking

Cherokee Nation enacts AI policy to balance innovation with cultural protection The Cherokee Nation establishes comprehensive AI guidelines balancing technological innovation with Cherokee language and cultural protection, becoming one of the first tribes to create such policies.

The Cherokee Nation has established AI policy design to ensure AI its "citizens are informed."

Current projects include "3D-printed turtle shells for stomp dance regalia," eliminating "the need to use real animals while maintaining cultural traditions."

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Do you do business in Indian Country? Do you want to increase business opportunities in Indian Country?

Join us in Connecticut in November to learn how.

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We’re teaming up with the Native American Business Association for the Reservation Economics Conference.

Join us Thursday, September 25 at Texas Native Health

Register today: www.nativeamericanbusinessassociation.org/networking

#ReservationEconomics #ProfessionalNetworking #BusinessStrategy

Interior’s wind and solar review policy risks derailing tribal projects, advocates say A new Interior Department policy requiring Secretary Burgum’s personal approval for wind and solar projects could derail tribal renewable energy developments, threatening access to expiring federal ta...

This move undermines sovereignty for Native nations.

New Interior policy requires “personal approval from Secretary Doug Burgum for all solar and wind projects” creating “a bureaucratic bottleneck that could kill” tribal development.

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Omaha Tribe of Nebraska becomes first in state to fully legalize cannabis The Omaha Tribe adopted comprehensive cannabis regulations, establishing the first fully legal medical and adult-use cannabis system in Nebraska amid federal funding cuts to tribal programs.

“The Omaha Tribe is not waiting on broken systems to deliver,” Omaha Tribal Attorney General John Cartier said in a statement. “We are asserting our sovereign right to govern, protect our community, and build a sustainable economy that reflects our values.”

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The US National Archives has conserved and digitized the 374 Ratified Indian Treaties in its holdings.

Examine original documents spanning more than a century with the Indigenous Digital Archive’s Treaties Explorer: digitreaties.org/treaties

“My hope is that, in the next few generations, tribes become sovereign economic entities in their own right.”

@runningwolf.bsky.social on how Indigenized AI, language revitalization, and data sovereignty might shape our future.

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Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...

“The Administration’s decision to terminate these commitments echoes the federal government’s historic pattern of broken promises to tribes,” Yakama Nation Tribal Council Chair Gerald Lewis said in a statement.

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CEI Book Forum – Becoming Nations Again featuring Adam Crepelle - Competitive Enterprise Institute You are invited to join CEI for a lunch discussion with Adam Crepelle on his new book Becoming Nations Again: The Journey Towards Tribal Self-Determination. In conversation with Kent Lassman, they wil...

Are you in DC this week?

ACES School co-founder Adam Crepelle will be at the Competitive Enterprise Institute to discuss his new book Becoming Nations Again: The Journey Towards Tribal Self-Determination.

Wed, June 18
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Luncheon followed by book forum.

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Breakfast of champions! (Champions of sovereignty and prosperity for Native nations.)

Good morning from Gila River Indian Community. It’s another beautiful day for Tribal Commercial Law Training.

“Today was an amazing history lesson. I’ve loved every minute of it…. Understanding where we came from… as we figure out how to structure our tax system… I’m soaking it up here and I’m going back to my community to say ‘here’s what I learned.’”

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We need improved business codes to encourage lenders; streamlined registration processes to empower entrepreneurs; and training for tribal government staff to manage the institutions that support private sector development.

There’s an entrepreneurial spirit that lays dormant in Native communities. How do we restore our entrepreneurial traditions?

Think like nations. Get comfortable with taxation. Fiscal power is a crucial component of sovereignty for Native nations. The government has no business being in business. If necessary, government should only regulate business to foster private sector development on the reservation.

Federal Indian law is why we can’t have nice things on the reservation. Federal Indian law is why we struggle to grow our economies. A tour of historical SCOTUS rulings can help us understand the state of Native nations today.

How do we recover from the damage wrought by the Marshall Trilogy?

For centuries we had rules and customs that allowed us to welcome visitors from other nations and do business with them.

What has changed?

Federal Indian law.