Save the Date: Oweesta 2027 Native CDFI Capital Access Convening
Save the Date: Native CDFI Capital Access Convening!
Save the date for Oweesta’s 12th Annual Native CDFI Capital Access Convening, June 7–9, 2027, at the Grand Hotel on Michilimackinac or Mackinac Island, Michigan.
CAC is one of the few national gatherings created with the sole purpose of convening Native CDFIs, Tribal leaders, investors, funders, and financial institutions around a shared goal of increasing the flow of capital into Native communities. This multi-day event includes intensive training for Native CDFIs, a closed-door session for funders and investors, and networking opportunities. Together, we build on our collective voice to advance economic justice across Indian Country.
This year’s theme — Gathering on the Great Turtle: Where Native Futures Blossom — reflects the significance of where we gather and the future we are working together to build.
Support Our Impact as a CAC Sponsor!
CAC sponsors make this unique event possible by creating space for Native CDFI practitioners and Tribal leaders to build relationships with the investors and partners who can help bring their visions to scale. Sponsorship supports learning, collaboration, and connections that extend well beyond the Convening itself. And it also enables us to highlight local Native businesses, artists, entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders, ensuring the economic benefits of our gathering extend into the host community.
Learn more in our sponsorship brochure or by reaching out to Tawny Wilson, Senior Director of Advancement, at tawny@oweesta.org.
Place of the Great Turtle
Long before Mackinac Island became known for horse-drawn carriages, historic hotels, and summer tourism, it was and remains a place of deep significance to the Anishinaabek peoples of the Great Lakes. Known in Anishinaabemowin as Michilimackinac, Place of the Great Turtle, the island sits where Lakes Michigan and Huron meet at the Straits of Mackinac. Its name reflects the shape of the island rising from the water like the back of a great turtle and carries forward a much older story of Indigenous life, gathering, movement, and exchange. Read more!
