Training & Technical Assistance
Oweesta offers culturally appropriate training programs to help Native organizations establish and sustain financial education. Oweesta assists certified and emerging Native CDFIs with individualized training and technical assistance with systematic multi-faceted program delivery. Our goal is to help create and sustain healthy and thriving Native CDFI operations.
Lending & Capitalization
As the only existing Native CDFI intermediary, Oweesta is supported by both debt and equity investments to our capitalization base allowing us to offer diverse financial products and development services to Native communities across the nation. Oweesta understands the crucial need for investment capital in Native CDFIs and is dedicated to creating appropriate loan products enabling reinvestment of capital back into Native communities.
Research & Policy Advocacy
As a leader in the Native CDFI industry, Oweesta strives to inform potential investors, federal agencies, and the general public on the current industry climate. By speaking out on relevant issues, we are able to effect change at state and federal levels to further not only our efforts, but the efforts of our clients to create healthy, thriving local economies. We encourage Native communities to join us in our advocacy work. It is within unity that we will find strength in our collective voice.
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A new report from @prosperitynow & @iteptweets provides shocking new numbers showing how tax cuts are widening the #RacialWealthDivide, further concentrating wealth among already wealthy white households at the expense of everybody else. #TCJA #RaceWealthTaxes
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A heartfelt thank you to the folks from PBS NewsHour for their terrific coverage of Rolling Rez Arts. And our gratitude to all the amazing artists and culture beaters of the Pine Ridge Reservation who help make the Rolling Rez possible.
Rolling Rez Arts was developed through partnerships with Lakota Funds, Lakota Federal Credit Union and Artspace Projects, Inc. .
Rolling Rez Arts was developed through partnerships with Lakota Funds, Lakota Federal Credit Union and Artspace Projects, Inc. .
Thanks for the shout out Native Business!
Celebrating 10 Native Disruptors on Indigenous Peoples’ Day - Native Business Magazine
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As the country abandons Columbus Day, Native Business is taking the opportunity to honor Native disruptors — people or businesses “stirring things up.”NCN DRAFT AGENDA for the NCN Annual Conference and Advocacy Day has been released. The DRAFT agenda is on our website and the link is below:
nativecdfi.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DRAFT-AGENDA-NCN-Nov-2018-9.30.2018.pdf
NOTE: this is a DRAFT and will change slightly over the next couple weeks. The speakers and panelists are currently being confirmed. Once we have the agenda finalized, we will announce and update it on our website.
Please read and consider attending our premier event!
nativecdfi.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DRAFT-AGENDA-NCN-Nov-2018-9.30.2018.pdf
NOTE: this is a DRAFT and will change slightly over the next couple weeks. The speakers and panelists are currently being confirmed. Once we have the agenda finalized, we will announce and update it on our website.
Please read and consider attending our premier event!
Have you registered for our #NativeAmerican #40under40 event yet? Learn more about some of the inspiring young leaders we'll honor on October 30th in Tulsa!
Lauren King is an attorney/partner at Foster Pepper PLLC, based in Seattle. She is the first Native American partner at the firm. She has been recognized for her work in #NativeAmerican law by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Law360. She is a member of The Muscogee Creek Nation.
Rebecca Landsberry serves as Executive Director of Native American Journalists Association. She is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is based in Los Angeles.
Samuel Kohn is an Associate at Dentons, based in San Francisco. He is a member of the Crow Tribe of Indians and a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and Dartmouth.
Victoria Kitcheyan is a Tribal Council member for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, based in Winnebago, Nebraska.
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Thanks for the shout out @nativebizmag! https://t.co/a3Fsvkdy2R
Check out our amazing new collaboration with @FreddieMac! https://t.co/Gy1ygYcdtC
Excited to see so many #NativeCDFIs in just a couple of days at the @OppFinance 2018 Annual Conference - safe travels!
Please join us for First Nations Oweesta Corporation's national training on financial coaching for Native communities. Dec. 11-13, 2018 in Denver!
.@FedIndianCenter congratulates all recent @CDFIFund NACA awardees-- a total investment of over $15 million to #NAFIs and #NativeCDFIs across #IndianCountry! https://t.co/8Jq7D5ooOP
2Congratulations to all of the existing and new #nativecdfi on #naca awards! We’re excited for all of you! #oweesta
CONTACT US
First Nations Oweesta Corporation
2432 Main Street
Longmont, CO 80501
303.774.8838
info@oweesta.org
Oweesta is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
ABOUT OWEESTA
Oweesta is the only existing 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.
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