Bemidji State University’s Veronica Veaux, assistant professor of business administration, was a speaker on Minnesota Public Radio’s (MPR) Entrepreneurship and Identity: Building a Native Owned Business panel.

The panel was hosted by Chris Farrell, senior economics contributor at Marketplace,during MPR’s Conversations on the Creative Economy series. The discussion highlighted prominent Native American entrepreneurs, who spoke about how tribal ties, culture and tradition relate to building businesses.

Veaux is a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and co-owner of DomiNative Development, a company devoted to advancing multi-sport competitiveness, especially among diverse, underrepresented populations.

Other panelists included:

• Sarah Agaton Howes from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota. She is an Anishinaabe artist, teacher, community organizer and owner of House of Howes, a business for custom-made beadwork and regalia.
• Michael Laverdure, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. He is a registered architect, a partner at DSGW Architects and president of the First American Design Studio, a Native American owned planning firm.
• Madonna Yawakie, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She co-founded Turtle Island Communications, Inc. (TICOM) to provide telecommunication engineering and consulting services to Tribal Nations.

About Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota Public Radio operates a 46-station radio network serving nearly all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states for more than 50 years. Reaching more than 1 million listeners each week, MPR and its three regional services produce programming for radio, digital and live audiences. Programs produced by MPR’s national programming division, American Public Media (APM), more than 19 million listeners via 1,000 radio stations nationwide each week. APM is one of the largest producers and distributors of public radio programming in the world, and produces award-winning podcasts spanning the best in investigative journalism, food, business and entertainment.

Contact

• Veronica Veaux, assistant professor of business administration; (218) 755-4122, veronica.veaux@bemidjistate.edu

Links

• BSU Business Administration

Bemidji State University, located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,100 students, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and eight graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. BSU is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. The university’s Shared Fundamental Values include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and international and multicultural understanding. For more, visit bemidjistate.edu or find us at BemidjiState on most of your favorite social media networks.

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