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Center for Indian Country Development

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In an abstract, computer-generated landscape of wave- or mountain-like structures, a path cuts straight down the middle, from the foreground to a bright area on the horizon. The image is shaded in blue, and a matrix of illuminated dots covers all the surfaces.
Equipping tribes with critical data for economic self-determination
Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development
August 12, 2024
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On a partly cloudy day, with the sky in the background, a male steel worker stands on a girder and reaches up for a roof joist or truss that is being lifted into place by a crane. He wears jeans, an orange tee shirt, and a safety harness, and has a welding helmet on his head.
Understanding Native-entity enterprises’ subcontracting relationships
Jacqui Baldwin-LeClair | Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development
July 16, 2024
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On a sunny day at the Montana State Capitol Tribal Flag Plaza in Helena, flags of the eight federally recognized tribal nations in Montana wave alongside the U.S. and State of Montana flags.
Survey of Native Nations elevates tribal public financing
Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Center for Indian Country Development (former) Vanessa Palmer | Data Director, Center for Indian Country Development H Trostle | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development
July 5, 2024
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A daytime aerial view of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation reservation showing the tribal headquarters in the foreground and the tribe’s casino resort in the background. Both facilities are surrounded by hardwood forest that’s beginning to show autumn leaf colors.
Celebrating Indian Country’s distinctive communities
Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Center for Indian Country Development (former)
June 6, 2024
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In a meeting room, a mature man in a gray tee shirt attends a charter boat captain training session. A nautical map is spread on the table in front of him, along with a workbook, calculator, navigational tools, and reading glasses. Several other class participants can be seen seated at tables in the background.
Native federal contracting serves communities
Jacqui Baldwin-LeClair | Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development
May 31, 2024
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During a small business development class, two Native women are seated together at a table and studying a computer screen. The woman on the right is instructing the other woman, who is looking on, prepared to take notes. Both women are smiling.
Native CDFIs connect Indian Country to credit and capital
Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement
May 10, 2024
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Tax code constraints limit tribal tax-exempt bonding
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development John Morseau | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development
April 25, 2024
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Minneapolis Fed news release graphic
New members named to Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council
Danielle Cabot | Public Relations Associate
March 25, 2024
News
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Shedding light on Native American households’ financial stress
Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development Vanessa Palmer | Data Director, Center for Indian Country Development
March 20, 2024
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On a clear sunny day, an attractive new manufactured home with red siding and white trim sits on its lot shortly after being delivered there. The home has a garage and a newly poured driveway.
Native Americans pay more to finance home purchases than White borrowers
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Center for Indian Country Development (former)
March 8, 2024
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This image is a collage of several elements, including a photo in the center right. The photo shows two Native women seated at a table in a bright, airy library. The woman in the foreground has her back to the camera, listening, while the woman in the background reads aloud from a hardcover book that's lying on the table. The left side of the image shows details from screenshots of the Native Community Data Profiles tool. The lower right corner of the image shows a detail from a colorful mural containing Native floral motifs.
Native Community Data Profiles tool connects information on Native places and people
Amalea Jubara | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development Vanessa Palmer | Data Director, Center for Indian Country Development
February 28, 2024
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Seated in a window booth inside his restaurant, a Native American entrepreneur reviews paperwork for his business. He has a mustache and short, curly, salt-and-pepper hair, and wears glasses and a purple shirt.
Native entrepreneurs face credit-access challenges
Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development Laurel Wheeler | CICD Research Fellow
February 21, 2024
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