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The ACES School Explore the past, present, and future of Native nations with ACES. We are a Native-led 501c3 educational non-profit.

Join us to learn how to take practical steps toward sovereignty & prosperity in Indian Country.

All Roads Lead to Canyon: Technology, Trade, and the FutureNovember 5-6 at OKANA, Choctaw Nation.Meet the Speakers: Adam...
10/03/2026

All Roads Lead to Canyon: Technology, Trade, and the Future
November 5-6 at OKANA, Choctaw Nation.
Meet the Speakers: Adam Crepelle

Adam is a citizen of the United Houma Nation and a professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In this talk (video linked below) Adam Crepelle shares stories about Indigenous traditions of commerce and trade.

Ceremonies create moments, he says, and moments create memories. Concluding negotiations with a calumet (peace pipe) ceremony, helped seal the deal and ensure people would remember the transaction.

Deb Echo-Hawk, founder of the Pawnee Seed Preservation Society, shares that returning to our traditional lands to farm a...
09/11/2026

Deb Echo-Hawk, founder of the Pawnee Seed Preservation Society, shares that returning to our traditional lands to farm and banking our Indigenous seeds, is a form of reconciliation.

Justin Alexander, Omaha Nation, in the Rebuilder Program, shares an app in development to provide transparency for trib...
09/11/2026

Justin Alexander, Omaha Nation, in the Rebuilder Program, shares an app in development to provide transparency for tribal government and to empower informed citizens.

09/10/2026

Greetings from Omaha, Nebraska where we are gathered in community to kick off the 2026 Indigenous Peoples Summit. Thank you to our friends Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim for including us.

09/10/2026

Joseph K. Austin, Esq. (also known as “The Wolf of Indian Country”) is a Navajo attorney, appellate justice, legal scholar, and staunch advocate for tribal sovereignty and economic self-determination.

Dr. Austin serves as the Chief Justice for the Court of Appeals of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
Associate Justice of the FMYN Supreme Court and the SRPMIC Court of Appeals.

See Dr. Austin and others at the 2026 Indigenous Peoples Summit (September 10-12), co-hosted by Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim and Omaha Performing Arts; In Partnership with Native Governance Center, the Indian Country Private Sector Project, and The ACES School

Reserve your tickets now!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-indigenous-peoples-summit

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09/10/2026

Walter R. Echo-Hawk, JD is an author, attorney, legal scholar, and Past President of the Pawnee Nation Business Council.

Mr. Echo-Hawk is the author of The Sea of Grass (2018); In The Light Of Justice (2013); In the Courts of the Conqueror (2010); and Battlefields and Burial Grounds (1994).

See Mr. Echo-Hawk and others at the 2026 Indigenous Peoples Summit (September 10-12), co-hosted by Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim and Omaha Performing Arts; In Partnership with Native Governance Center, the Indian Country Private Sector Project, and The ACES School.

Reserve your tickets now!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-indigenous-peoples-summit

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Matthew Hecox, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, discusses the $1.4B economic impact of The Muscogee Nation which provides t...
07/07/2026

Matthew Hecox, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, discusses the $1.4B economic impact of The Muscogee Nation which provides thousands of jobs and pays millions in wages.

We want to encourage entrepreneurship. We’re investing in the workforce. We want to diversify our economy. We want to keep dollars on the reservation. Just six years after McGirt, we are focused on the future. Our ancestors were forced to come here, says Hecox, but they made the best of it. We are continuing that work.

We’re an agribusiness tribe. It’s not just the tribe that’s the producer. We’re developing farming co-ops for our beef, ...
07/07/2026

We’re an agribusiness tribe. It’s not just the tribe that’s the producer. We’re developing farming co-ops for our beef, pork, poultry, and aquaponic producers. We’re fueling opportunity for our citizens and communities.
- Jeff S. Fife, Chief of Staff, Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Chief Standing Bear, Prof. Adam Crepelle , and AICCO advisor Mike McBride talk about improving legal systems in Indian C...
07/07/2026

Chief Standing Bear, Prof. Adam Crepelle , and AICCO advisor Mike McBride talk about improving legal systems in Indian Country.

“We’re working with people who are economically oppressed,” says Standing Bear. Providing equal access to justice requires social and political change.

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