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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Just a friendly reminder to register for the upcoming Building Native Communities: Financial Coaching for Families Training! Space is limited- Register TODAY!!
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REGISTER TODAY: 2019 Financial Coaching Training, September 24-26th
September 24-26, 2019 in Boulder, Colorado This training will draw on fundamental Native values, returning us to the grounded belief that our clients must be the agents of change in their own lives. Participants will learn how to do the following: - Support your clients to focus on strengthening ...Don't wait! Submit your nominations for the 2019 Native CDFI Visionary Leader TODAY!
Follow the link below for the application and guidelines:
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The Rolling Rez Arts bus will be in Santa Fe and Pojoaque Pueblo's Poeh Center during the week of August 12-18. Rolling Rez Arts is a state-of-the-art mobile arts space, business training center, and mobile bank based on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Rolling Rez mobile unit will be at the We Are the Seeds art market in Santa Fe in the Railyard arts district. On August 15 and 16 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mike Marshall will be teaching classes onboard the bus, focusing on rawhide box making (parfleche boxes) and the significance behind their function and painted designs. Participants can expect to sit with Mike as he offers a step by step tutorial on how to create their own box. If time allows, participants can also paint a design onto the box.
These classes are free and open to the public with registration. To register, contact Bryan Parker at 605-391-5943 or bryan@firstpeoplesfund.org @1firstpeoplesfund Santa Fe Railyard
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Drive Small Business Growth With Financial Support - Native Business Magazine
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) invest in the success of their Native entrepreneurs through grants to small business owners.
OFN has opened registration for their Annual Conference in Washington D.C. on October 21-23, 2019! Don't miss out on a travel stipend opportunity with free registration! Submit your application TODAY!!
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Apply TODAY! 2019 Opportunity Finance Network Conference Travel Stipend and Registration
We invite you to the 2019 Native Community Development Financial Institution Convening (Native Convening), a joint effort with Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) and First Nations Oweesta Corporation (Oweesta); sponsored by Wells Fargo. Held each year at the annual OFN Conference, the Native Convenin...–
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We invite you to the 2019 Native Community Development Financial Institution Convening (Native Convening), a joint effort with @OppFinance and @Oweesta; sponsored by @WellsFargo .
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Don't forget to submit to remain in compliance with the CDFI Fund! Click here for details!
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The August 2019 Oweesta Newsletter is out! Check out the latest in resources, news, and events!
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With generous funding from @wellsfargo, Oweesta is able to provide travel stipends to Native CDFIs to attend the upcoming @OppFinance Regional Meeting on September 12th in New Hampshire. If you plan on attending, please apply for a travel stipend early!
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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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