[Voice of Chris James, President and CEO of NCAIED]
00:00:00:00 - 00:00:31:25: Sovereignty is at the heart of everything we do at The National Center. It is in solidarity that we find the power to overcome even the most daunting challenges. We are all dealing with challenges, both seen and unseen.
[IMAGES: B-roll of landscapes from previous NEIs, Chris James speaking at RES]
[Voice of Haley Garcia, tourism Technical Assistance Specialist]
00:00:31:25 00:00:41:00: Anyone curious about business should attend NEI. It's a great networking opportunity, you get to have that one-on-one connection with these speakers. These organizations.
[IMAGES Haley speaking, b-roll of NEIs]
[Voice of Jamie Fullmer, Chairman of Blye Stone Strategy Partners]
00:00:41:26 - 00:00:51:09: The National Center and Native Edge and the efforts that are building out entrepreneurs, tribal communities, is so important that you realize you're not alone.
[Voice of Jackson Brossy, Board Member of Prosperity Now, Change Labs]
00:00:53:24 - 00:00:59:08: If you're a native entrepreneur, whether that's an individual entrepreneurial or a tribe, this is one of the best places you can go to start up.
[Voice of Yvette Fielder, Program Director for NCAIED]
00:01:01:19 - 00:01:07:08: Learn about building relationships, working with the tribes and the individuals. But even with state agencies.
[IMAGES: B-roll of NEIs, speakers at NEIs, and Yvette doing a podcast]
[Voice of Nicole Watson, Technical Assistance Specialist at NCAIED]
00:01:09:27 - 00:01:16:04: We're here as a resource for them, connecting them with other resources such as capital loans or grants or business development.
[Voice of Tiffany Sondergaard, Chief Executive Officer at –TS Brand Elevation]
00:01:18:04 - 00:01:25:16: I'm learning things in that room today that I didn't even realize were possible, and they give you mentors and people that you can call and they respond.
[Voice of Mabel Tsosie, APEX Accelerator Procurement Specialist at NCAID]
00:01:27:18 - 00:01:31:23: Today, running a business is networking, networking, networking.
[IMAGES: B-roll of NEIs, Nicole Watson hugging an NEI attendee, Mabel Tsosie speaking]
[Voice of Dakota Louis, Professional Bull Rider]
00:01:33:27 - 00:01:40:02: Allow yourself to grow. It's not every day a guy from Browning, Montana gets to come to New York City. It's gotten me out of my comfort zone.
[Voice of Dessserea Quintana, Executive Director at Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada]
00:01:41:08 - 00:01:47:28: NEI is trying to look at sustainability and long-term growth and building leaders for the future.
[Voice of Chris James, President and CEO of NCAIED]
00:01:49:21 - 00:01:58:15: You are among people who have refused to stay in our zones, no matter how hard others have tried to kick us down.
[IMAGES: Chris James and Dakota Louis on a panel speaking at an NEI, Wendy Loomis speaking at an NEI panel, b-roll of NEI attendees networking]
00:01:59:04 - 00:02:12:08: People who have walked the walk and refused to take no for an answer whenever any obstacle stood in their way.
[IMAGES: Chris James on general session stage speaking at RES]
[Voice of Billy Mills, Olympic Gold Medalist, Motivational Speaker, Author, and Business Owner]
00:02:12:10 - 00:02:26:04: Our voice has to be heard and our way of life has to be understood. The businesses that have a vision and a mission statement that's value based. They will reach out and help people in need in the community.
[Voice of Serrell Smokey, Chairman of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California]
00:02:27:22 - 00:02:38:10: What the sawmill does is it generates revenue for the tribe, provides jobs, as well as getting our people, the Washoe people, back on to the lands to do the conservation work.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Billy’s Olympic metal and athletic awards, b-roll of constriction site]
[Voice of Lucas Jackson, Assistant Manager at Yavapai-Apache Sand & Rock]
00:02:41:01 - 00:02:51:12: Everything that we make here, we give back to the nations. Our community is growing. We've gone from just a small country town to getting development, new housing.
[Voice of Denise Masayesva, Co-owner of Pikyanvivi for Hopi and Tewa]
00:02:54:19 - 00:03:07:09: We provide wood to families that we consider to be most vulnerable, who may be elderly, who may be disabled, who may be economically stressed. It deepens your relationship with your community.
[IMAGES: B-roll of construction site, Lucas speaking to the camera during interview, b-roll of people gathering wood]
[Voice of Ed Byers, Co-founder of Byers Holding Group]
00:03:11:10 - 00:03:14:00: The growth opportunity for Indian Country is tourism.
[Voice of Edward Hall Jr. , Indigenous Economic Development and Tourism Executive in Residence at George Washington University]
00:03:17:06 - 00:03:29:07: Be a part of our industry, but also be a part of respecting who we are. It really helps us to see our culture as relevant. We're just so happy to host the Native Edge event.
[Voice of Mal Mcghee, Poarch band of Creek Indians, Executive VP/Strategic Relations, PCI Federal Services]
00:03:29:19 - 00:03:32:20: We got a lot of good companies coming in, eager to learn.
[Voice of Jim Etters, Director of Land Management, Seka Hills]
00:03:34:09 - 00:03:37:29: The goal and the vision always being products that are grown on tribal land.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Erin Abrahamson and NCAIED staff taking photos of landscape, golfing, and visiting a Native Business, b-roll of Wind Creek in Bethlehem]
[Voice of William Foust, Director of Golf and Hospitality at Cache Creek Casino Resort]
00:03:39:13 - 00:04:02:25: I've had the great opportunity to work with the Tribal Council. What I've come to realize and appreciate is the high level of leadership. Without that level of leadership, none of what we do here at Seka Hills would be possible. We're at Yocha Dehe Golf Club. You've got the Golden Hills in the background with the green golf course. So come on over to the driving range and let's go check it out.
[IMAGES: Seka Hills b-roll, b-roll of Yocha Dehe Gold Club, and someone driving a golf cart]
[Voice of Chris James, President and CEO of NCAIED]
00:04:02:28 - 00:04:12:03: Here in New York, we are at the beautiful hard Rock hotel owned by one of our friends and partners, a Seminole Tribe of Florida.
[IMAGES: B-roll of New York City, Chris and Yvette doing a podcast, b-roll of Relative Arts NYC]
[Voice of Korina Emmerich, Creative Director at Relative Arts NYC]
00:04:12:05 - 00:04:20:01: We have over 30 different indigenous artists, from Canada to the US to Central America, South America, Mexico.
[Voice of Yvette Fielder, Program Manager at NCAIED]
00:04:22:19 - 00:04:31:16: I think it's really important to learn our history and find out how we can be active, not just for business and economic development, but for all of Indian Country.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Relative Arts NYC, b-roll of Yvette in a car speaking, b-roll of landscapes]
[Voice of Paul Santellan, Park Ranger at Montezuma Castle National Monument]
00:04:35:19 - 00:04:46:04: Preserving something like Montezuma Castle over here to make sure the spirit, to make sure the story and to make sure the history gets told.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Montezuma Castle]
[Voice of Robert Jackson Jr., Amusement Manager at Cliff Castle Casino Hotel]
00:04:46:07 - 00:04:50:21: This has been here since 1993. There was a cultural center at first, with a hotel.
[Voice of Stacey Montooth, Executive Director at State of Nevada Indian Commission]
00:04:53:10 - 00:05:16:18: I can use our cultural center and museum as a platform to show not just educators, but elected officials. Then my hope is that there can be future laws, legislation, better social programs. We want every Native thriving. All of us have to see a future.
[IMAGES: B-roll of inside the museum]
[Voice of Ed Byers, Co-founder of Byers Holding Group]
00:05:17:15 - 00:05:29:18: We have an opportunity to give our respective cultures that voice, but really have it be a presentation to the world.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Seka Hills, and other previous landscape location visits, and someone hitting a golf ball]
[Voice of Chris James, President and CEO of NCAIED]
00:05:29:21 - 00:05:41:02: RES is all about building connections and going beyond boundaries. Putting yourself out there, breaking out of your comfort zone, bringing you information that will get your business to the next level.
[Voice of Tyler Hogan, Business Operations Manager at Nike]
00:05:43:02 - 00:05:57:14: The National Center, they’re an incredible organization that really has the pulse of economic development in tribal communities. We can talk about representation, building and starting small businesses, expanding tribally owned businesses.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Las Vegas, Chris James speaking to the camera, clips of RES and people networking]
[Voice of Derrick Watchman, Board Chairman of NCAIED]
00:05:59:03 - 00:06:03:14: We can only enhance and grow our economies by working together.
[Voice of John Ambrosino, Broadway Actor & Producer]
00:06:06:19 - 00:06:15:13: Overcoming the challenge. That's the stuff that actually makes you great at something. Even if you don't overcome the obstacle, trying will probably put you somewhere new.
[Voice of Lance Morgan, President and CEO of Ho-Chunk, Inc.]
00:06:16:26 - 00:06:23:02: Ho-Chunk Inc. is really based on failure. We're really on a rocket ride. Everything's growing really rapidly right now.
[Voice of Austin Tsosie, Chief Executive Officer of DDC]
00:06:24:02. - 00:06:32:02: DDC has grown from 320 employees to 700 in the past four years. We measure ourselves. We challenge ourselves.
[IMAGES: B-roll of RES, people networking, podcast with John Ambrosino, clip of Austin speaking at RES]
[Voice of Amber Midthunder, Actress]
00:06:34:05 - 00:06:37:05: Somebody who is truly well intentioned, they can handle being challenged.
[Voice of Chris James, President and CEO of NCAIED]
00:06:39:11 - 00:06:54:26: Instead of taking no for an answer, I searched for ways to get to yes. I questioned rules and regulations. Indian country is a place where one person can really still make a difference. I'm up to a couple of things too. I'm still trying to change a rule or two.
[IMAGES: B-roll of RES and speakers at general session, Chris James speaking at general session at RES]
[Voice of Crystal Williams, Vice-Chair of Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana]
00:06:58:07 - 00:07:07:24: For the Coushatta Tribe, we renegotiated with the state of Louisiana on our tax compact. That's been a great move for us and very historic.
[IMAGES: Cut to Crystal speaking at a panel at RES]
[Voice of Quannah Chasinghorsee, Model, Actress, and Land Protector]
00:07:07:26 - 00:07:11:04: We demanded a voice. We demanded that seat at the table.
[Voice of Chris James, President and CEO of NCAIED]
00:07:13:29 - 00:07:24:18: Show me the rules that say we can't do this. Break out of your comfort zone. Have no fear to face any obstacle.
[IMAGES: B-roll of 40 Under 40 awardees at RES, Chris James speaking at RES]
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