Tribally-Chartered Limited LIability Company (LLC)

To get started, invest your time in understanding how to build and implement business codes, and to launch your own Limited Liability Company (LLC). Our how-to Guides and Manuals give you step-by-step examples of codes, charters and by-laws that various Native nations have used to structure their businesses. Both individual tribal citizens and a tribe, itself, can charter an LLC under a tribe's own laws of incorporation.

Federally-Chartered Section 17 Corporation

Available to federally recognized American Indian tribes in the U.S. and typically managed by a Board of Directors, an IRA Section 17 Corporation carries the power to waive sovereign immunity and must be wholly owned by the tribe. This structure's major advantages include preservation of tribal assets, being not subject to federal income tax, and having the ability to issue tax-exempt bonds in certain circumstances.