Blue Stone Strategy Group will be in attendance at the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) 2012 Semi-Annual Meeting May 21st-24th, held at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, LA.  Blue Stone Strategy Group Leaders will be available and ready to demonstrate how we can support your Nation and/or organization in accomplishing their economic priorities and overall strategic planning initiatives, including assisting to protect your Tribe’s sustainability and sovereignty.  Don’t forget to attend the Blue Stone Strategy Group Panel to learn more on building and planning for growth within your Tribal economy:

“Building USET Economies: Economic Diversification & Strategic Governance” Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at 11:30am.
With so much at stake, there is a lot of work to be done within Tribal systems to prepare for sustainable economic development planning.  It’s not a simple process growing and diversifying an economy; it requires Tribal leaders to engage in critical deliberations to ensure economic growth will be both financially successful and in conformance with a Tribe’s maturity as a government and culturally rich community.

If you would like to set up a more personal meeting during the conference between Blue Stone Strategy Group leaders and your Nation’s leaders, or if we can clarify anything for you, please contact Jackson Brossy, a Blue Stone Senior Strategist, at (650) 387-5899.

Blue Stone Strategy Group is excited to attend and meet with Tribal leaders at the ATNI Mid-Year Convention hosted by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz at the Chinook Casino Resort on May 21st -24th.  This convention provides a great opportunity to see Tribal sovereignty and self-sufficiency in action through leadership collaboration and information sharing.

Several of Blue Stone Strategy Group’s experienced team members will be in attendance and available to meet with your Tribal leaders to explain how Blue Stone can assist your Nation in successfully accomplishing your goals through thoughtful strategic planning.  A list of our services and information can be found on our website at www.bluestonestrategy.com or if you would like to set up a meeting with our leadership team during the convention, please call Kim Secakuku, Blue Stone Senior Strategist, at (928) 221-6167.

Blue Stone Strategy Group (Blue Stone) is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor for the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) Indian Gaming 2012 Tradeshow and Convention. The Tradeshow & Convention will provide great opportunities for Native leaders and professionals to network and learn important information on Indian gaming and economic development.

Blue Stone will be in attendance, ready and able to discuss how we can support your Tribal Nation and/or Native organization in accomplishing its economic priorities and overall strategic planning initiatives, helping to protect your Tribe’s sustainability and sovereignty. Stop by our booth (#1707) or contact Blue Stone Senior Strategist Kim Secakuku at (928) 221-6167, ksecakuku@bluestonestrategy.com to schedule a meeting with  Blue Stone Leaders.

Come visit Blue Stone’s CEO, Jamie Fullmer at the “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEYOND GAMING: TRIBES DIVERSIFYING THEIR GAMING REVENUES” break-out session at 11:30am on April 2nd, 2012, room 24A. “Come hear about some of the exciting developments that Tribes from all over the country are investing in beyond gaming to round out and strengthen their portfolios. Whether the goal is to build market share of existing gaming facilities, to provide jobs for Tribal members or invest in economic enterprises that will strengthen Tribal sovereignty and allow greater self-governance, Tribes are reaching beyond gaming to protect and build their investments.”

Enjoy a fun evening at the American Indian Business Network Reception co-sponsored by Fire Mountain Wines on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 from 4:00pm-6:30pm at the Convention Center Main Tradeshow Floor.

For more information on Blue Stone Strategy Group, please visit our website at www.bluestonestrategy.com or contact our main office at (949) 476-8828.

Blue Stone Strategy Group would like to extend our heartfelt wishes for a warm, safe and memorable Holiday Season for all. We are honored to continue our work in Indian Country and value the Tribal Leaders and Tribal Communities that we have had the privilege to work with in governance, leadership development, strategic planning, and economic development. The Blue Stone Strategy Group Team wishes you and your Tribal Nation peace & prosperity!

The three panels will be:

• Monday, December 12th from 9:30am-10:45am:

“Tribal Leaders Roundtable: What Does Economic Development Mean to You?”

• Monday, December 12th 1:00pm-2:00pm:

“Economic Development Planning for the New Year”

• Monday, December 12th 3:00pm-4:00pm:

“Government Relations: Compromising Without Being Compromised”

If you would like to set up a more personal meeting during the conference between Blue Stone Strategy Group leaders and your Nation’s leaders, or if we can clarify anything for you, please contact Kim Secakuku, a Blue Stone Senior Strategist, at (928) 221-6167.

• Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino: 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226; (800) 946-4452 ext 4900

• Tribal Governors, Presidents, Chairs and CFOs that register by November 25th, 2011 will have their registration fees waived, compliments of Blue Stone Strategy Group

• Council members and other tribal employees will have a discounted registration fee of $395

• For further information on the SWNAEDC, including registration forms, agenda, and conference details, please visit http://www.nativenationevents.org/EventsNativeAmericanConferences.asp?eventID=75

Blue Stone Strategy Group is honored to Co-Chair Sponsor Native Nation Events’ Southwest Native American Economic Development Conference.  This event is an opportunity for tribal leaders and decision makers to gather important Economic Development information and make connections with business leaders and professionals.  Blue Stone Strategy Group’s Leadership Team will be in attendance, and we look forward to meeting with you to see where we can support you in accomplishing your economic priorities and overall strategic planning initiatives, protecting your tribe’s sustainability and sovereignty.

“With this year coming to an end, it is a critical time for Tribal Leaders to prepare for the upcoming year and continued needs of tribal communities,” said Jamie Fullmer, CEO of Blue Stone Strategy Group.

For further information on Blue Stone Strategy Group, please visit our website: http://www.bluestonestrategy.com/

And if we can clarify anything for you, please feel free to call Kim Secakuku, a Blue Stone Senior Strategist at (928) 221-6167

• Located at Tulalip Resort and Casino: 10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard, Tulalip, WA 98271; Phone Number 888.272.1111

• For more information on the conference please visit http://www.atnitribes.org/ and for online registration visit https://www.approvedevents.com/event1.aspx?PID=320&EID=3017

Blue Stone Strategy Group is a proud Platinum Sponsor of the ATNI 58^th Annual Conference hosted by the Tulalip Tribes on September 19^th-22^nd.  This conference provides a great opportunity to see tribal sovereignty and self-sufficiency in action through leadership collaboration and information sharing.

“Blue Stone Strategy Group is honored that we can continue to be a strong support to the tribes in the Northwest and look forward to another successful ATNI annual conference,” stated Jamie Fullmer, CEO of Blue Stone Strategy Group. We invite you to attend our two breakout sessions during the conference to gain insight into information that may improve the lives of your Nation.

1)  “Preparing to Accept the Challenge. . . Leadership Planning and Prioritization” will be held on Wednesday, September 21^st from 3-4pm

• Breakout Summary: Due diligence of effective leadership; preparing tribes for current challenges; moving forward in a unified approach and protecting the future.

2)  “Tribal Economic Development Diversification . . . Taking Advantage of Opportunities” will be held on Wednesday, September 21^st from 4-5pm

• Breakout Summary: The challenges and opportunities in the tribal System; economic development planning for the future and business diversification next stages of growth; growing and diversifying an economy requires tribal leaders to engage in critical deliberations to ensure economic growth will be both financially successful and in conformance with a tribe’s maturity as a government and culturally rich community

Several of Blue Stone Strategy Group’s experienced team members will be in attendance and available to meet with your tribal leaders to explain how Blue Stone can assist your Nation in successfully accomplishing your goals through thoughtful strategic planning.  Below is a link to a list of our services and information to set up meetings with our leadership team during the conference. For further information on Blue Stone Strategy Group, please contact Senior Strategist Kim Secakuku at (928) 221-6167 or stop by our booth during the conference.

2011 BLUE STONE STRATEGY GROUP LEADER INVITE

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

This grant may address your needs and move your feasibility studies for your village/community/corporate projects forward.

Blue Stone Strategy Group is committed to strengthening tribal sovereignty and self-sufficiency through effective leadership, profitable business development and productive governmental systems. By developing more efficient and effective governance and corporate systems, tribal governments increase their chances of success at promoting profitable tribal enterprises and creating better services and opportunities for their members.

We are devoted to helping tribes accomplish their short-term and long-term goals, and do not want you to miss this opportunity to build upon your economic development visions in creating a strong tribal economy.  For those Tribes that have not been informed, you should take the time to research whether or not the BIA technical assistance grants may be helpful.

The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), through its Native American Business Development Institute (NABDI), is soliciting proposals from federally recognized American Indian tribes for technical assistance funding to hire consultants to perform feasibility studies of economic development opportunities or long-term, strategic, reservation-wide economic development plans. These feasibility studies will empower American Indian tribes and tribal businesses to make informed decisions regarding their economic futures. Feasibility studies may concern the viability of an economic development project or business or the practicality of a technology a tribe may choose to pursue. The IEED will use a competitive evaluation process to select several proposed projects to receive an award.

Deadline: Grant proposals must be submitted on or before August 12, 2011.  IEED will not consider grant proposals received after this date.

If you would like more information on this funding opportunity please see the attached federal register notice.  We are passing the information along in the hopes that Tribes will use available resources.

NABDI in Federal Register

“My father was such a great inspiration to me growing up on the Navajo Nation” said Jack Jackson, Jr. “Not only was he a delegate on the Navajo Nation Council and a member of the Arizona Legislature, but he assisted in the formation of the first tribally controlled college on Navajo. My journey is a continuation of his legacy of ensuring tribal communities have all the resources to sustain self-sufficiency.”

Jackson has been dedicated in protecting Native rights by working with the National Congress of American Indians as well as being a member of the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He has also sought to promote the general welfare of others by serving on multiple US Presidents’ HIV/AIDS Advisory Councils.

Jackson has expanded his scope of experiences by serving on the Arizona Real Estate Advisory Board, Arizonans for Cultural Development, Arizona League of Conservation Voters, and the Navajo Gaming Enterprise Board (NNGE). He was instrumental in helping the NNGE in establishing the first Navajo Nation casino. The Fire Rock Casino opened on November 19, 2008. This was the first Native American gaming enterprise in the United States ever to be funded solely through tribal monies. NNGE is currently operating/planning four casinos in Arizona and New Mexico.

“We are excited to have Jack Jackson, Jr. join the Blue Stone team” stated Jamie Fullmer, CEO of Blue Stone Strategy Group.  “Jack has shown a lifetime of commitment to Indian Country and supporting sovereignty in his leadership roles throughout the years.  We believe that Mr. Jackson will be a strong team member in our continued efforts to provide the best of class leadership support for tribes.  Our commitment to Indian Country is best shown by our commitment to excellence in building our Blue Stone team. “

Jackson added, “Blue Stone is committed to becoming THE strategy group for Indian Country. I’m humbled and excited to be included in such an illustrious group of women and men. I’m confident my experience and contacts I’ve acquired in over twenty years of service to tribal governments will prove invaluable.”

To read more on Jack Jackson, Jr. please click here.