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Conference aims to connect, boost Indian-owned businesses.(Conference news)
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Independent Record (Helena, MT)
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September 19, 2007
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Byline: John Harrington
Sep. 19--As a small business owner on an Indian reservation, Theo Hugs faces a number of the same problems faced by her peers in business across the state.
Start-up money was tough to find when she opened the River Crow Trading Post on the Crow Reservation. Rent is expensive, taxes take a bite, shoplifting is a constant concern, and it's difficult to make a year-round go of a business in an area with such a short tourist season.
Cultural hurdles may need to be overcome as well.
"Sometimes it's hard to be an Indian business person," she said. "If you're going to be following the powwow circuit or the rodeo circuit, you can't be there ...