
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Media Contact : Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
kwent2@unm.edu
Contact: April Hale (505) 277-7433
April 21, 2006
UNM Libraries' Lecture Examines Tribal Enterprises and Economic Development
University Libraries and the Indigenous Nations Library Program presents its April lecture, “Economic Development: From Native Business to Tribal Enterprise.” It will be held Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in Zimmerman Library on the UNM campus.
The lecture will focus on the importance of economic development on and off the reservation, the need for more Native American-owned businesses and the pros and cons of tribal enterprises. The brown bag discussion begins at 11 a.m. to noon in room 102. The panel discussion is from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Willard Reading room.
Invited speakers include Marvis Aragon from the Pueblo of Acoma. Aragon is the CEO of the Acoma Business Enterprise, which includes the Sky City Culture Center, Sky City Casino, Hotel, and Travel Center, as well as Huwak'a Restaurant, Acoma Game & Fish and Acoma Land & Cattle Company. Also joining the panel is Everett Chavez from Santo Domingo Pueblo. Chavez is the pueblo's former governor and is currently serving as the chairman of the Indian Pueblos Federal Development Corporation and the Santo Domingo Tribal Enterprises.
Other speakers include two Native American business owners. Michael Clani, who is Diné, is an alumnus of the UNM's Anderson Schools of Management and owns Clani & Associates LLC. Stanley Pino from Zia Pueblo is co-owner of the Native World Trade Company, Inc.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact April Hale at (505) 277-7433.
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