USET’s Office of Economic Development welcomes you to join us in starting an important new project aimed at promoting a strong and healthy economy for USET Tribal Nations. As part of our updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) plan to help rebuild and grow different areas of Tribal economies, we are creating working groups that will work on key economic areas. This meeting will be a collaborative session amongst our two ongoing working groups; Tourism and Creative Economies/Entrepreneurship.

When: November 19 at 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Central/2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern

Who should attend: Tribal leaders, Tribal tourism staff, Tribal economic developers and staff, and community stakeholders, creative entrepreneurs, small business owners.

Registration is open!

Questions? Please contact Brenna Ortiz, Economic Development Project Administrator, at bortiz@usetinc.org.

Agenda

1:30 pm – 1:45 pm        Welcome and Introduction of Collaborative Session
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm        Paving a new path in economic development through Indigenous creative entrepreneurship and tourism.
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm        Networking, Closing Statements

Discussion Questions for the Working Group Collaborative session

• How can the Indigenous Tourism sector influence entrepreneurship development in Tribal communities?
• Discuss developing projects within or surrounding your Tribal community.
  • What projects are being planned for FY 26 that involve Indigenous tourism or creative entrepreneurship development? What projects would you like to see develop in the future?
• Implementation of innovative ideas.
  • What isn’t working?
  • Where do we see the progress within economic development in Tribal communities?
• Trust is the fabric of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. How can we establish a better relationship with our entrepreneurial community?