by Mary Belle Zook | Aug 18, 2025
The American Indian Business Enterprise (AIBE) at New Mexico State University has worked with Tribal farmers from the New Mexico Pueblos, the Navajo Nation, and other Tribal members in the region for many years. AIBE has identified an on-going concern among Tribal...
by Mary Belle Zook | Aug 18, 2025
Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) is a TCU (Tribal Colleges & Universities) serving the Omaha and Winnebago Tribes in Nebraska and Iowa. Across the region, agriculture is a driving industry, but LPTC’s leadership recognized there are not enough trained and...
by Mary Belle Zook | Aug 18, 2025
The Peoples Partner for Community Development (PPCD) is a CDFI located on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation serving the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Crow Nation, and the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. With their project PPCD Agriculture Program, they...
by Mary Belle Zook | Aug 18, 2025
Akiptan, Inc. is a proficient Tribal agricultural lender that has committed nearly $37 million in loans to Native producers across the nation. With their project Access to Capital, Access to Success, they intend to build on their success of infusing capital into...
by Mary Belle Zook | Aug 18, 2025
Pacific Northwest Tribal Lending, better known as Lummi CDFI is a lending entity that began with the Lummi Nation but has since expanded their reach to other Tribes in Northwest Washington. With their project 2025 PNTL Services for Native Producers, Harvesters, and...