Est. 2009 61 staff
Dry Fork Construction
General contracting, road maintenance and heavy equipment. The Nation's largest employer and the crew that builds most of what the Nation builds.
Halsey Cordell, director. 555-0121
Construction and trades
Business
Seven chartered enterprises, 214 employees, and an Enterprise Board that sits between them and Council on purpose.
The Nation's businesses are chartered under its own business code and report to a five member Enterprise Board, not to Council directly. Three Board members are Council members and two are appointed from outside with business or finance backgrounds.
That separation is deliberate. It keeps hiring and contracting decisions out of Council politics, and it means no Council member can direct a job or a contract at an enterprise. Where an enterprise bids on a Nation contract, the Board members recuse themselves from the Procurement Review Committee and the recusal goes in the minutes.
Est. 2014 34 staff
Bench Road Fuel and Market
Fuel, groceries and a hot food counter at the junction. Open seven days, and the only grocery within thirty-one miles.
Priscilla Hobbs, director. 555-0122
Retail
Est. 2021 19 staff
High Desert Solar
A four megawatt array on the south bench, plus residential installation for Tribal households. The Nation's newest enterprise and its fastest growing.
Ivan Prentice, director. 555-0123
Energy
Est. 1998 12 staff
Sand Bench Cattle Company
The Nation's cattle operation, running on 44,000 acres of Tribal range. The oldest of the seven enterprises.
Lowell Ferris, director. 555-0124
Agriculture
Est. 2018 27 staff
Nation Freight
Regional trucking and warehousing. Hauls for the Nation's own enterprises and contracts out the remaining capacity.
Bernice Alvarado, director. 555-0125
Transport and logistics
Est. 2005 48 staff
Alkali Draw Gaming
A forty machine gaming floor and a twenty room lodge on the highway. Modest by design, and profitable every year since 2011.
Ruthanne Bickford, director. 555-0126
Gaming and hospitality
Est. 2023 13 staff
Tribal Technology Services
Network, helpdesk and records management for the Nation's own departments, and contract work for two neighbouring Nations.
Odette Lindstrom, director. 555-0127
Professional services
Sectors represented: Construction and trades, Retail, Energy, Agriculture, Transport and logistics, Gaming and hospitality, Professional services.
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