FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – The recently completed American Indian Business Forum in Farmington focused on encouraging new business development and support for native-owned companies.

Sponsored by the Farmington Intertribal Indian Organization, the meeting drew more than 60 participants and detailed business resources available to take a business from an idea to an opportunity.

Organizers of the event held at the Farmington Civic Center maintained that community support must come first.

The Farmington Intertribal Indian Organization emphasized a need to expand a directory of established native-owned companies, create a Farmington-based American Indian Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau, and encourage some of the regions top companies to contract with American Indian businesses.

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Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.daily-times.com