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Center for Indian Country Development

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Inside an industrial building, a male worker wearing a black welding hood, navy blue long-sleeve shirt, and protective gloves bends over the edge of a metal table and welds with a small torch. The seal of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians is visible on the side of the hood. Various machines and a large, vertical, translucent yellow screen or safety shield are visible in the background.
New data showcase the breadth of tribally owned businesses
Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development Elijah Moreno | Cornell University Vanessa Palmer | Data Director, Center for Indian Country Development
April 15, 2025
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A male HVAC technician in a black long-sleeve tee shirt, gray pants, and white hard hat services commercial air conditioning equipment on the roof of an industrial building. A patch of partly cloudy sky is visible in the background.
Federal contract consolidation: Help or hindrance for Native entity enterprises?
Jacqui Baldwin-LeClair | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development
April 9, 2025
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Insights from a decade of economic research in Indian Country
Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
April 3, 2025
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Minneapolis Fed news release graphic
New members named to Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council
March 12, 2025
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In a brightly lit office space, two clients and a lending professional sit and meet at a work station. The two clients are out of focus in the foreground, seen from behind, faces not visible, while the lending professional is in focus in the background. She has glasses and long brown hair and wears a light green blazer and blue pants. She has an attentive expression as she listens.
As demand for Native CDFIs surges, their capacity lags
Surekha Carpenter | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development Michou Kokodoko | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement James Melton | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
February 4, 2025
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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
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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
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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, and Community Affairs Officer 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
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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 | 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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