Specific, opinionated, and shaped by a decade inside indigenous- serving organizations. No "10 ways AI will change everything" bait. Practical reads only.
May 11, 2026
There's a moment in every organization's life where someone says 'we need a technology lead.' For most indigenous-serving organizations, that moment is real but the response — hiring full-time — is wrong. Here's the case for fractional, with the math.
May 10, 2026
Generic AI tools index everything by default. For tribal organizations, that default produces real harm. Here's the framework we use to keep cultural data, ceremonial photos, and enrollment records out of places they shouldn't be.
May 10, 2026
Most AI cost objections are about the wrong number. The build is what costs money. The running cost is so small that the framing changes — once it's deployed, you're trading a few cents per week for a few hours of staff time. Here's the math.
May 9, 2026
We pulled the latest snapshot of every listing on destinationnativeamerica.com — 567 listings across 126 tribes — and three patterns surfaced that are easy AI fixes nobody's making yet.
May 9, 2026
Eight questions a tribal council, board of directors, or executive committee should ask before approving any AI engagement — vendor or in-house. Designed to be printed and brought into the meeting.
May 8, 2026
You don't need a six-figure consulting engagement to start. Five thousand dollars and four weeks gets a mid-size tribe a working AI tool the staff actually uses — built around a problem you already feel every Monday morning.
May 8, 2026
We get asked what an AI-powered weekly brief actually contains. Here's the structure of the one that lands in the AIT CEO's inbox every Monday at 7am — section by section, with the why behind each.
May 8, 2026
Tribal casinos already have the systems — property management, POS, slot accounting, CRM, marketing automation. The bottleneck isn't software, it's the workflow seams between those systems. AI fits there better than another hire.
May 7, 2026
Most organizations we sit with don't need AI. They need to delete a couple of meetings and turn on a feature in software they already pay for. Here's how to tell whether you're in the small group that genuinely benefits.
May 7, 2026
Specific, low-cost AI moves for tribes and indigenous-owned tourism businesses with a public listing. Drawn from a decade of building destinationnativeamerica.com.