WASHINGTON--While Alaska Native corporations from southern and far northern Alaska have dominated the move into federal contracting during the past decade, several Native firms from Interior Alaska have a growing share of the work just as some members of Congress are questioning the rules under which they participate as minority-owned businesses.
Doyon Ltd., the regional corporation for the Interior, has some work at Fort Wainwright under the minority business contracting rules, but is ramping up its Outside efforts.
Meanwhile, a few village corporations from the middle Yukon region are already doing millions of dollars a year in such business with the federal government across the nation.
The federal contracting rules that have fueled this boom, by offering unique opportunities to Native American firms, are under attack in Congress, though.
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