Rez Biz

Infobox Magazine
title = Rez Biz


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editor = George Joe
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frequency = Monthly
circulation = 10,000 per issue
category = Business
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publisher = George Joe
firstdate = Oct. 2005
country = USA
based = Southwest
language = English
website = http://www.rez-biz.com/
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"Rez Biz" is the title of an American monthly magazine initially distributed in Arizona and New Mexico. The magazine is targeted to Native Americans who are interested in running their own businesses and seeking success stories. Its goal is to improve the economic living conditions of Native Americans. [cite web |url=http://news.azdailysun.com/guides/story.cfm?storyID=140954&spcid=38 |title=EDGE OF THE REZ: Economy still borderline |accessdate=2008-06-17 |last=Ferguson |first=J. |date=2006-11-15 |work=Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]

"Rez Biz" was founded in 2005 by George Joe [cite web |url=http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.WOTRArticle?article_id=17101 |title=Navajo journalist makes it the hard way |accessdate=2008-06-17 |last=Joe |first=George |date=2007-07-11 |work=High Country News: Writers on the Range] and Michael Clani, both members of the Navajo Nation. [cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050930-0034-indianbusiness.html |title=New magazine aims to spur American Indian economic development |accessdate=2008-06-17 |last=Bryan |first=Susan Montoya |date=2005-09-30 |work=Sign On San Diego] The first print run of Rez Biz magazine was 25,000 copies in October 2005; over the next two years, 10,000 to 15,000 copies of the 24-page publication were published fourteen times while the publisher/editor was a full-time graduate student in English. "Rez Biz" is distributed freely, primarily in New Mexico and Arizona, and at its official website.

After the first year in circulation, "Rez Biz" won two journalism awards from the Native American Journalism Association in June 2007. cite web |url=http://www.naja.com|title=Native American Journalists Association 2007 award winners] The magazine is also used for instructional purposes in high schools and colleges with predominant Native student populations.cite web |url=http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/oct/24/rez-biz-monthly-magazine-hopes-educate-american-in/ |title=Rez Biz, a monthly magazine, hopes to educate American Indians |accessdate=2008-06-17 |last=Bryan |first=Susan Montoya |date=2006-10-24 |work=Albuquerque Tribune] It is used by University of New Mexico's Gallup campus as a teaching tool.

Notable issues

* August 2005 -(Inagural issue) "Why do barriers to economic development still exist on the reservation?"
* November 2005 - "A Native American bank - the answer to Indian credit woes?"
* December 2005 - "Young entrepreneurs - the future of the reservation?"
* March 2006 - "Racking up million dollar contracts"
* June 2006 - "Navajo businessman: the success of Richard Mike"
* August 2006 - "How Duane Maktima became a master jeweler"
* September 2006 - "Do grazing permittees hold towns hostage?"
* October 2006 - "Rez Biz is one year old"
* December 2006 - "Are Natives just like crabs in a bucket?"
* February 2007 - "How Jana is climbing to the top"
* August 2007 - The art and business of Shane Hendron.

ee also

*Native Americans in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.rez-biz.com/ Official website ""Rez Biz" magazine]
* [http://www.naja.com Native American Journalists Association]
* [http://www.niea.org National Indian Education Association]
* [http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/overview.htm Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development]