Good morning nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac! Oh that’s really sad to hear, I remember reading about Native Americans on how they can’t chop trees etc which is part of their culture and to some extent not being able to live off the grid because it’s meant to be preserved.

While some problems are out of their bandwidth, when it comes to innovations and problem solving - there are many problems of smaller scales that can be solved. And it can benefit them.

Sales of makers, crafts and artisanal can be one - and not just how they sell it but also how they brand it and package it with their heritage stories. I remember seeing a story from Costa Rica on how they built pottery through foot thumping for centuries and I'll buy the pots for the generational stories. And they partner with home designers for business and marketing.

Growth of services can be another - many smaller services like repair folks can tap into online portals that bridges needs and fixes.

There are various farm to table hypes - eg honeys with bees that only consume saps from macadamia trees etc and retailing specialty products that highlight traditional ingredients and recipes - with a modern twist of branding and marketing.

By tapping into these markets, Native American communities can not only preserve their cultural heritage but also generate income and economic opportunities.

The goal is to infuse and enable innovators from the community to solve their own community problems. Hyping up local innovation, entrepreneurs and successes can be quite the boost.

it’s a shift from this mindset of telling them they can’t do it to they can.

There is a beautiful story on Campo Benfeito in Portugal where 5 capuchinas women formed a cooperative to preserve local art and textile making which led to other perks like increased tourism. In Ghana, Kenya, Bangladesh micro financing tools has helped small innovators and entrepreneurs build their small businesses up. In West Africa, there is this stunning images of Shea Butter makers and how they transformed this tiny village into a tourist attraction (https://www.hamamat.com/the-meseum/)

I am working with a prof from MIT as a side gig focusing on the underserved community. He's been researching and working on uplifting these communities from within for the past 10 years (his book will be published soon). He’s tapped onto Africa, North and South Americas, Asia, South East Asia. This prof had his first degree even before I was born lol! It's been a great learning experience for me.

And while his work is not bitcoin or Nostr related, I see many ways Bitcoin and Nostr can be integrated.

I see Bitcoin as bridges with innovation that can be built upon, and I see Nostr as both a comms bridge and an empty canvas where many digital innovations can be created and it might be a step up towards both digitization and innovation. And as much as i trash on research papers, i had one published last year lol on digitalizing small businesses - or the lack thereof - and i think there are many opportunities - Its just about finding ways on unleashing creativity.