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Center for Indian Country Development

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Video stills from the November 13, 2024, Center for Indian Country Development Data Summit showing Stephanie Russo Carroll and Casey Lozar appear side-by-side over a blue shaded background.
A new era for Indigenous data sovereignty
Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement
December 18, 2024
Article
On an overcast day in what appears to be late spring or early fall, a male worker wearing a navy blue coat and a white hard hat poses and smiles on a walkway atop the Se̓liš Ksanka Ql̓ispe̓ Dam in Polson, Montana. Hilly, grassy terrain dotted with pine trees is visible behind him.
Exploring five factors that help tribal enterprises thrive
Lexie Gauthier | Intern, Center for Indian Country Development Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement
October 10, 2024
Article
Alt text: Photos of the four speakers from the Center for Indian Country Development's July 17, 2024, webinar titled
The economic ripple effects of tribal gaming and federal contracting
Hue Nguyen | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement Jay Weiner | Manager, Communications (former)
October 1, 2024
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A neighborhood on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota is seen from a distance on a cloudy day in late autumn. Overlaying the Cheyenne River photo are images representing a computer circuit board, fiber optic components, and beams of data traveling through a wireless network.
After the Affordable Connectivity Program, home Internet access on tribal lands ticks up
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development H Trostle | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development
September 10, 2024
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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
Article
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 | Senior 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, Community Development and Engagement 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, Community Development and Engagement
June 6, 2024
Article
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 | Senior 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 | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement
May 10, 2024
Article
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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New members named to Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council
Danielle Cabot | Public Relations Associate
March 25, 2024
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