...Defense Department spending restricts no-bid contracts above $20 million. Sarah Lukin of the Native American Contractors Association in Washington, D.C., says that change is already having a chilling effect. Some of Alaska's largest...

...it remains the rule. Large corporations should compete for government business -- period." The Native American Contractors Association, based in Washington, D.C., said that it hopes Congress will allow the SBA to implement the new rules...

...a more meaningful dividend to its 3,700 shareholders who have roots in the Kodiak region. The Native American Contractors Association, a trade group that represents some but not all Alaska Native, Lower 48 tribal and Native Hawaiian 8...

...somehow our economic disadvantages are not real," said Lukin, who's the executive director of the Native American Contractors Association. Washington has a history of missteps and failed policies for American Indian and Native Alaskans, Lukin...