Historically, Tribal Nations have relied on a traditional lessor/lessee energy development relationship, in which others obtain rights to develop their lands and resources in exchange for providing a royalty interest in the developers' projects to the Tribe. Today, Tribal Nations are beginning to recognize that in order to provide for the long-term cost of Tribal government and socio-economic benefits to its membership, that it will be necessary for the Tribe to leverage a broader economic participation from its resources, by negotiating both commercial interests in projects as well as traditional royalty interests.

Under NARP's unique business model, a partner Tribe moves from a passive spectator to an active participant in the Tribal energy company, with corresponding commercial interest, without putting Tribal capital at risk. As a result, each Tribal energy company can drive focused, proactive, strategic natural resource development on its Tribal lands.

The combination of Tribal resources and NARP's capital and expertise, in each Tribal energy company, creates several benefits for the Tribe: generally increased energy royalties and other landowner income from its lands; greater ability to forecast governmental revenues as a consequence of active involvement in its resource development; and new commercial revenue and asset appreciation from the energy projects developed by its co-partnered Tribal energy company. This paradigm shift allows the Tribe to plan and forecast its revenues based on the activity directed by the Tribal energy company, as well as assist the Tribe with its quest to achieve financial sovereignty, allowing it to provide for the socio-economic well being of its members for generations to come.