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.
Upcoming Events
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Native American Development Center is now hiring for a Loan Officer! Applications are due May 31st- Spread the word to qualified candidates for this amazing opportunity in Bismarck, North Dakota!Hiring Now! Loan Officer Level II. Deadline to apply is May 31, 2019.
Oweesta would like to thank Fannie Mae for their sponsorship of our 4th Annual Native CDFI Capital Access Convening! Thanks to the generosity of our donors and sponsors, we are able to make registration free. We hope to see you at this national event along with Native CDFIs and Native American Financial Institutions from across the country!
#sponsorship #capitalaccess #cdfi #financialeducation
National American Indian Housing Council's Pathways Home Training is July 15-19, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona!
Pathways Home is an excellent curriculum that pairs well with the Building Native Communities: Financial Skills for Families curriculum! Participants will learn how to deliver a comprehensive homebuyer education program designed to help educate prospective native homebuyers on how to become successful homeowners. The curriculum is specifically tailored for Native American communities.
Follow the link below for more information!
naihc.net/july-15-19-pathways-home-phoenix-az-coming-soon/
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Center for Indian Country Development has published a research brief on "The Availability of Local Jobs Varies Widely among American Indian Reservations". Check out the latest in the link below!
www.minneapolisfed.org/indiancountry/research-and-articles/articles-and-reports/availability-of-l...
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Dr. Richard Todd expands on earlier research, further finding that while reservations as a whole have a slight advantage over nearby counties in jobs per resident, this advantage reflects the high number of gaming and government jobs on a minority of reservations.We're so proud of Aurora Warrior, Alaska Growth Capital's Community & Economic Development Consulting Associate, for her graduation today from this year's Leadership Anchorage cohort! This months-long program required her intense dedication and commitment, adding to her already busy professional and personal life! Since 1997, almost 400 alumni have graduated from Leadership Anchorage, and now serve as leaders at all levels and in every sector of the state.
Aurora joined AGC in 2017, previously working at our parent company Arctic Slope Regional Corporation for four years in various roles earning a deep understanding of North Slope communities, while simultaneously completing her bachelor’s degree in Business through the University of Alaska Southeast. Aurora volunteers with the Court Appointed Special Advocates program and various Alaska Native organizations. She is currently the Director of Volunteers for the Arctic Education Foundation and serves on the board of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. When she is not supporting businesses and communities in rural Alaska, you can find her participating in subsistence food gathering activities, reading a book, or roaming Alaska’s mountains. Way to go, Aurora!
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Center for Indian Country Development has published a research brief on "The Availability of Local Jobs Varies Widely among American Indian Reservations"
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The application for travel stipends to @OppFinance's West Regional Meeting on July 27th in Los Angeles, California is now available! Follow the link below for more information!
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Check Out Two New Native CDFI Industry Reports from Oweesta!
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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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