NAYA’s Basics of Business class encourages and nurtures the business ideas and concepts of Native entrepreneurs.

NAYA’s Native Business Accelerator is opening up an application period for the next cohort! Application period is January 1st - March 1st 2022.

On its website, the Golden Saffron Company’s offer of “high-quality saffron spice and petals directly from the Pacific Northwest” seems perfectly aligned with Portland’s environmental conscious green marketplace.

Meet Deanna Wohlgemuth, owner and creative mind behind Rock On Jewelry and Tin Cantina, LLC in Portland!

Imagine a thank you gift so big, so impactful, it inspired your life’s purpose.

Such is the story of Hugh Amaguq Ahnatook (Inupiaq) and Sacred Waters Fish Company.

Gloria Gonzalez was two years into a five-year lease on a studio space for her business Vida Massage when the pandemic hit. Her storefront shuttered for 18 weeks before reopening, and even then, things were slow and the number of clients would ebb and flow. Gonzalez was unsure how she’d survive—until NAYA called with an opportunity for much-needed funds.

On a 32-acre working farm on Sauvie Island, Jennifer Rose Marie Serna has created a business inspired by the teachings of her grandmother and in line with strong principles of ecological responsibility.