[Voice of JoAn Begay Notah, Export Project Director at NCAIED]
00:00:00:00 - 00:00:12:00: The export centers is a new program. Our mission is to help our native businesses access the global marketplace.
[IMAGES: JoAn speaking to the camera, into clips of MBDA logo]
[Voice of Kyia Jackson, Export Business Development Specialist at NCAIED]
00:00:12:03 - 00:00:23:12: Whether it's tribal entities or tribal member-owned businesses. A lot of their focus is just for the reservation. But we can broaden that out to not just in the United States, but globally.
[Voice of JoAn Begay Notah, Export Project Director at NCAIED]
00:00:25:21 - 00:00:35:23: We work with businesses at all levels from our cities, you know, learning about exporting. Some of our larger businesses that are already doing exporting, but they want to expand their market.
[IMAGES: Clips of world map, global trade image, JoAn speaking at an NEI]
[Voice of Kyia Jackson, Export Business Development Specialist at NCAIED]
00:00:37:23 - 00:00:49:06: A lot of the times, the companies, they think that they have to be manufacturing to export, but service-based like consulting, coaching, even technological services can be exported as well.
[Voice of JoAn Begay Notah, Export Project Director at NCAIED]
00:00:51:17 - 00:00:59:02: I think being a Native American owned business is a brand in itself. A lot of companies are seeking to do business with tribes in the United States.
[Voice of Kyia Jackson, Export Business Development Specialist at NCAIED]
00:01:00:27 - 00:01:25:04: Tribal businesses, whether it's from the tribe or if it's from tribal members, it's something that incorporates the whole community. They're hiring their own people. They're putting the money back into their families, which goes back into the community in general. It gives them an output that was taken away from us before.
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[Voice of JoAn Begay Notah, Export Project Director at NCAIED]
00:01:25:07 - 00:01:52:29: The global market is a big opportunity for our small businesses, and if they do the proper planning, they would be the first companies within their tribal communities expanding to the global marketplace. So that's how we bring economic development to our tribal communities. That's how we bring about change.
[IMAGES: Clips of cities and landscapes, clip of the Native communities MBDA serves with city backgrounds]
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