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Article: Blackfeet Man Calls on Indian Tribes to Help Fledgling Businesses Succeed.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- April 4, 2000
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Mar. 31--BROWNING, Mont.--Tribal governments can't be expected to prop up reservation economies, but they can provide tactical support to help private businesses flourish.
So says Darrell Norman, owner and operator of the popular Lodge Pole Gallery and Tipi Village on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
"We can't always be leaning on the tribe for economic development," Norman says. "The tribe should be the catalyst. We've got to do it, though. We can't wait for Uncle Sam."
Norman, 58, was born in Browning, and like many other families, his parents pulled up stakes when he was young and moved to Seattle for better jobs and a different way of life. ...