About Us

NativeOne Institutional Trading is a Native American owned Broker Dealer and the first American Indian owned company to become a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

NativeOne was founded in 2009 by Don Lyons, a member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians of California and Dennis Smith, a Wall Street veteran since 1976. They established the firm to:

  • Level the financial playing field for all native tribes and Canadian First Nations
  • Deliver the very best financial services to its institutional customers