Featured Events
Explore upcoming Indigenous CED events highlighted by the CoP below.
Reservation Economic Summit: Home - RES 2025
RES 2025 is the Summit to attend for those looking for high caliber networking, winning teaming opportunities, business development sessions, one-on-one consulting, all centered around American Indian Enterprise.
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is embracing Beyond Boundaries for the 2025 Reservation Economic Summit. The event features tribal leaders, members of Congress, federal agency representatives, state and local officials, and top CEOs on a national platform.
Developing health care facilities and community amenities with New Markets Tax Credits - Travois Webinar
Native communities can use the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) to support important economic development projects—from Tribal businesses to schools to public infrastructure. The program has provided gap funding for hundreds of millions of dollars in development across Indian Country.
The NMTC program can also be used to finance health care and wellness facilities. In this webinar, we will explain the fundamentals of the NMTC program and discuss how it can specifically support the health needs of your community.
If your Tribal nation received ARPA funds for a health care or wellness facility but still has a funding gap—or if parts of the project were reduced due to budget constraints—this financing tool can help. It can cover those gaps, pay for cost overruns, and support you in completing the project you envisioned.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth at Travois
– Drew Hammond, senior vice president and business development officer at U.S. Bank
Affordable housing development best practices: How to address your community’s needs - Travois Webinar
Join us for an in-depth discussion with experienced housing professionals from Indian Country about best practices for addressing Tribal housing needs, particularly for low- and moderate-income populations.
We will explore effective strategies and current challenges in launching affordable housing developments. Additionally, the conversation will provide tangible, practical tools to assist Tribal nations in making housing a reality for their communities.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth at Travois
– Brandi Liberty, owner of Heroda Bikax^e Consulting LLC
17th Annual Tribal Casino & Hotel Development Conference - Native Nations Events
The 17th Annual Tribal Casino & Hotel Development Conference will be held April 28-29, 2025 at Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Funner, CA!
This unique conference is dedicated to the design and development of Tribal-owned casinos, resorts, and hotels. Tribal leaders will gather with industry professionals to discuss the most relevant topics in the casino and hospitality business. Advancements in technology, the latest in gaming trends, renovation and expansion plans and government legislation all mean constant change to the gaming industry. You’ll also discuss with experts what the future of gaming may look like and how your property can emerge as a leader. If you are looking to build, expand or update your casino or hotel, this is a can’t-miss event!
Title VI Loan Guarantees: Another strategy to access capital for housing and infrastructure - Travois Webinar
Learn how to access capital for infrastructure and housing with a financing tool that may be less familiar compared to some other tools. In this webinar, we’ll provide an in-depth look at the Title VI 95% Loan Guarantee from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a program that can provide funding for Tribal housing and infrastructure development up to five times the Need portion of the formula allocation.
We’ll also explain how the Affordable Housing Program and the Capital Magnet Fund can provide supplemental funding through grants for your affordable housing and economic development projects.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth at Travois
– Jeff Glass, senior loan guarantee specialist at HUD’s Office of Loan Guarantee – Office of Native America Programs (ONAP)
18th Annual Native American Economic Development Conference - Native Nations Events
The 18th Annual Native American Economic Development Conference at Pechanga Resort Casino will be held on June 10-11, 2025.
Through various panels and interactive discussions, attendees will engage with experts focusing on economic development and diversification. For the 18th year, Tribal leaders will come together to discover new ways to expand their Tribe’s economic ventures and focus on building resilient and sustainable communities that thrive. You’ll hear success stories and case studies and dig deeper into new ways to generate revenue beyond gaming. By networking with other Tribal leaders, decision-makers, and industry professionals, you can exchange tangible ideas on maximizing your respective economies.
We ensure our attendees get to know their peers and interact with one another throughout the event by providing a variety of engaging sessions, numerous networking opportunities, and impressive business solutions.
Innovations in affordable housing design in Native communities - Travois Webinar
In this session, we will discuss the latest innovations and cost-saving measures for quality, affordable housing design. Our experts will discuss how these measures can help ensure the long-term financial viability of your project. We’ll touch on renewable energy and green design and how it can be adapted to fit into funding requirements. We’ll also highlight successful Tribal projects and share their designs for inspiration.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth
– Adam Teefey, director of design
Eleventh Annual Wiring the Rez Conference
Presented by the Indian Legal Program, the Center for Tribal Digital Sovereignty, and the Rosette, LLP American Indian Economy Development Program
View conference agenda
Join Wiring the Rez in Phoenix at Wild Horse Pass for two full days of the latest in American Indian Economic Development.
Experts will examine jurisdictional issues, politics, and financial and infrastructure needs to facilitate economic growth in Indian Country. Attorneys, scholars, financiers, tax, technology, gaming experts, and innovative tribal leaders will share strategies and business models.
Contact us: ilp@asu.edu
Census Bureau Indigenous Data Sovereignty Symposium
Census Bureau Headquarters
4600 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
The U.S. Census Bureau is hosting a 2025 Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSOV) Symposium on February 12, 2025, that will showcase world renowned Indigenous scholars and researchers to speak on the topics of Indigenous Tribal Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance. The Bureau will also inform participants on our tribal consultation practices ensuring tribal sovereignty is recognized upfront in our work in improving the collection of tribal data, creating new data sources, and producing new data driven research projects with tribes.
NATIVE VOICES WANTED - Tribal Consultations on Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement
The Census Bureau respectfully requests your tribe’s participation in our Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Virtual Tribal Consultation. The Race/Ethnicity Coding Virtual Tribal Consultation is the first of many tribal consultations that will occur for the 2030 Census. The two virtual consultations are scheduled for
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT / 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT / 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
and will be held via the Webex platform.
The Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Tribal Consultation provides an opportunity for tribes to provide feedback on how detailed race and/or ethnicity and American Indian or Alaska Native populations will be coded in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2030 Census. Coding choices guide how data on Native Americans and others are ultimately processed, tabulated, and published. The Census Bureau aims to enhance and improve the code list that was used in the 2020 Census and is currently used in the ACS to ensure that detailed race and/or ethnicity and tribal responses are accurately coded and tabulated in future data collections. Index of /programs-surveys/demo/2030-race-and-or-ethnicity-code-list
Rural and Tribal Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Informational Webinar
Informational Webinar on the Build America Bureau's Rural and Tribal Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. The team will review the application(s), criteria and process for this no-match first come, first served grant program. The Bureau team wishes to host an inclusive webinar and anyone who wishes to request accommodation may do so by emailing RuralandtribalTA@dot.gov by Jan. 7th.
Click to access Rural and Tribal Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
NATIVE VOICES WANTED - Tribal Consultations on Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement
The Census Bureau respectfully requests your tribe’s participation in our Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Virtual Tribal Consultation. The Race/Ethnicity Coding Virtual Tribal Consultation is the first of many tribal consultations that will occur for the 2030 Census. The two virtual consultations are scheduled for
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT / 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT / 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
and will be held via the Webex platform.
The Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Tribal Consultation provides an opportunity for tribes to provide feedback on how detailed race and/or ethnicity and American Indian or Alaska Native populations will be coded in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2030 Census. Coding choices guide how data on Native Americans and others are ultimately processed, tabulated, and published. The Census Bureau aims to enhance and improve the code list that was used in the 2020 Census and is currently used in the ACS to ensure that detailed race and/or ethnicity and tribal responses are accurately coded and tabulated in future data collections. Index of /programs-surveys/demo/2030-race-and-or-ethnicity-code-list
NCAI “Why Native Small Businesses Matter” Explanatory Webinar
You are invited to attend a National Congress of American Indians webinar this Thursday, December 5 at 1:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET to learn about NCAI's "Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them” animated video series and its newly released how-to companion guides for Tribal Nations and tribal colleges and universities.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Earlier this year, NCAI released the groundbreaking “Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them” animated video series, which teaches about the vital importance of Native-owned small businesses to the rebuilding of vibrant Native economies, and how tribal governments can best support the cultivation of a robust small business ecosystem in and around tribal lands.
NCAI is proud to announce the release of a companion guide to inform and support the teaching of this multimedia curriculum in tribal college and university classrooms. The Companion Guide for Educators – designed specifically for tribal college and university faculty – features a comprehensive array of tools for teaching the video series in the classroom, including: the NCAI "Building Tribal Economies" Toolkit companion textbook; three lesson plans; three group project assignments; and suggested quiz, test, and essay questions. Click to view and download this guide.
NCAI also released a Companion Guide for Tribal Nations, which features tools to inform strategic tribal decision-making and action, guidance for convening community focus groups to discuss small business development and formulate priorities, a self-assessment exercise designed to evaluate the current health of your Tribal Nation’s small business ecosystem, and a partnership-mapping tool to identify and engage allies to grow your local Native small business sector. Click to view and download this guide.
TRIBAL FEEDBACK WANTED -The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Health and Human Services, & Indian Health Service (IHS)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service (IHS), are seeking your feedback and
recommendations on how HUD and IHS programs can better address the housing-related water
and sewer infrastructure needs of Tribal communities.
This joint letter furthers the goals of Executive Order (EO) 14112, “Reforming Federal Funding
and Support for Tribal Nations to Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the
Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination,” which directs Federal agencies to work together to
streamline processes and collaborate to resolve issues.
Please email your comments and recommendations to: consultation@hud.gov and
consultation@ihs.gov. Use the SUBJECT LINE: HUD/IHS Housing-related Infrastructure
for Tribal Communities. The comment period is open for the next 60 days, closing on
November 9, 2024.
EDA Hosting Virtual Briefings - $5 Million Available for Indigenous Communities (Copy)
$5 Million Available for Indigenous Communities
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$5 Million Available for Indigenous Communities 〰️
On October 10, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (join here), and October 16, 2024 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (join here), EDA will host virtual briefings to review the AIC addendum to the PWEAA NOFO.
FY 2023 EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works program and EAA program (which includes Assistance to Coal Communities, Nuclear Closure Communities, and Biomass Closure Communities).
Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities, including those negatively impacted by changes to the coal economy and nuclear power plant closures.
Resources
Economic Adjustment Assistance
The Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) (PDF) program is EDA’s most flexible program; it provides a wide range of technical, planning, and public works and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time.
Under EAA, EDA can also fund market and environmental studies, planning or construction grants, and capitalize or recapitalize Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) to help provide small businesses with the capital they need to grow.
EDA Hosting Virtual Briefings - $5 Million Available for Indigenous Communities
$5 Million Available for Indigenous Communities
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$5 Million Available for Indigenous Communities 〰️
On October 10, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (join here), and October 16, 2024 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (join here), EDA will host virtual briefings to review the AIC addendum to the PWEAA NOFO.
FY 2023 EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works program and EAA program (which includes Assistance to Coal Communities, Nuclear Closure Communities, and Biomass Closure Communities).
Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities, including those negatively impacted by changes to the coal economy and nuclear power plant closures.
Resources
Economic Adjustment Assistance
The Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) (PDF) program is EDA’s most flexible program; it provides a wide range of technical, planning, and public works and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time.
Under EAA, EDA can also fund market and environmental studies, planning or construction grants, and capitalize or recapitalize Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) to help provide small businesses with the capital they need to grow.