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Investing in Native Sovereignty

For more than 25 years, Oweesta has provided the tools, training, and capital to help Native people control their economic destinies.

OUR APPROACH
32,459

Native Individuals financed by our partners
(as of March 31, 2026)

317

investment partners
(as of March 31, 2026)

6,491

Native businesses funded
(as of March 31, 2026)

$68.7M

current loan portfolio
(as of March 31, 2026)

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SUCCESS STORY

From Rolling Hills to Rolling Wheels: Z&W Trucking

In far northeast Oklahoma, Hulbert is known for its rolling hills and rich cultural heritage. It’s a tight-knit, welcoming community where 30-year olds Zach and Rachel Weeks have chosen to raise their young family and turn their passion for trucking into a thriving business.

Zach, a member of the Peoria Tribe, and Rachel, who is Otoe-Missouria, have forged close relationships in the small town and embarked on a remarkable journey, founding Z&W Trucking together.

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OUR RESOURCES

Cultivating Equity

Historically most forms of wealth have been divested from Native lands. We’re reimagining how money can be placed in Native hands to become small businesses, homes, job opportunities, and much more.

ABOUT

Who We Are

Oweesta is the longest standing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities.

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IMPACT

Who We Serve

We partner with Native CDFIs who serve as the economic pillars of their communities.

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SERVICES

What We Do

Oweesta provides the tools and training to help Native communities treat a loan like an investment. Our trainings are centered around the understanding that Native people have been practicing resource management skills for generations, and seek to connect people’s ancestral experience with the acquisition of modern-day financial management skills.

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EVENTS

Upcoming Trainings and Events

Oweesta regularly hosts webinars, events, and trainings relevant and beneficial to the Native economic development landscape.

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WHAT’S NEXT

We Need You

We believe that when armed with the appropriate resources, Native peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable, economic, spiritual and cultural well-being of their communities.

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CONTACT US

Oweesta Corporation
2432 Main Street, 1st Floor
Longmont, CO 80501
303.774.8838
info@oweesta.org

Office Hours
Mon-Thu: 8am-4pm MT
(Our team is available across several time zones.)

Oweesta is an equal opportunity employer and provider. We do not discriminate, learn more here: Title VI, Section 504.

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ABOUT OWEESTA

Oweesta is the longest standing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities. Specifically, Oweesta provides training, technical assistance, investments, research, and policy advocacy to help Native communities develop an integrated range of asset-building products and services, including financial education and financial products.

Asset-building tools stimulate reservation economies by providing tribal members the opportunity to acquire financial management skills and build and accumulate assets through small business creation, homeownership, education, and much more.

Filing Civil Rights Complaints

If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, or reprisal for prior civil rights activity, you have the right to file a complaint. Complaints may be filed directly with the Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity, at the following address:

Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC 20220

Alternatively, complaints may be submitted via email to crcomplaints@treasury.gov.

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