Access to Capital and Credit in Native Communities: Native Nations Institute Report

Click to view report

This study focuses on change and opportunity. Its research and analyses are intended to provide federal and tribal policymakers with ideas for improving capital and credit access in Native Communities. It also is intended to educate policymakers who are new to the issues and to serve as an informational baseline for activists and advocates, Native Community-serving nonprofits, and financial sector actors as they engage in more targeted projects, programming, and investments.

This report emerges from the CDFI Fund’s commitment to helping Native Communities develop through increased access to capital. The ideas presented are grounded in an understanding of current economic conditions in Native Communities and in established research concerning the drivers of economic change in Native nations. They also reflect voices from the field, a key aspect of the research methodology. Published in May 201

Access to Capital and Credit in Native Communities: A Data Review, a companion report, provides further analysis of the datasets presented in this report.