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- By Jarrod Compton + Steve Wyett, BOK Financial
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Guest Opinion. What a difference a few months can make. At the start of this year we couldn’t have predicted that the health of the financial system would be right up there as a topic of conversation with the potential for a recession and inflation.
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- By Mark Fogarty, Guest Opinion
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Opinion. Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are a logical candidate to help tribes increase access to capital for carbon-dioxide removal and greenhouse-gas reduction, as there are currently dozens of them in place and they have access to several funding sources. But they tend to be on the small side, suggesting that a hybrid encompassing another type of financial institution may help.
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- By Chuck Hoskin, Jr.
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Guest Opinion. In the modern economy, competition for jobs and investment is fierce. Large, globalized companies come and go in search of a better deal. Especially in rural and small-town America, whole regions of our country have been left behind.
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- By Casey Lozar, Center for Indian Country Development
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Guest Opinion. For my people, the Salish, when the Mission Valley on the Flathead Reservation is first blanketed with snow, a new cultural season is underway. Traditionally, winter ushers in a time when we tell our stories and reflect on our histories, weaving in life lessons to remind us of where we’ve been and who we want to be as a people, as a Native nation.
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- By Pete Upton, Native CDFI Network (NCN)
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Guest Opinion. No one doubts the need for more affordable capital to deploy in Indian Country. Unfortunately, there is little data to answer the main questions — how much, what kind and what for — that go along with that need.
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- By Andrew “Dru” Alejandre
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Imagine having an emergency and calling 911. Then imagine first responders not being able to locate you because your home address isn’t accurately mapped to modern technologies.
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- By CHRIS JAMES & DERRICK WATCHMAN
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Every November, we celebrate “Native American Heritage Month.” While organizations such as the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development are focused on honoring and uplifting Native communities year round, the month is a terrific opportunity to reflect on the contributions that American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians have made to our country and economic success.
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- By Levi Rickert
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With minor exceptions, preliminary presidential election results showed overwhelming support for Joe Biden in Indian Country.
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- By Janie Hipp
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It is no secret that Indian Country lacks the critical infrastructure it needs for its communities to thrive.
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- By Levi Rickert
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When I served as executive director of an urban American Indian center, most speaker requests from civic organizations, universities, church groups and schools came between Indigenous Peoples’ Day, also known as Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving.