Infrastructure is a topic Indian Country is well aware of, yet it rarely receives the attention it deserves. March 2019 marks our first infrastructure-focused issue of Native Business Magazine, and our fourth issue to date.
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Eco-Friendly Blocks Build Tribal Houses & Business
In addition to employing a homegrown force, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe is using a combination of tribal loans and nonprogram income to build homes with eco-friendly blocks made of 87 percent recycled items.
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Montana Tribe Surpasses National Homeownership Rate
The Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana have surpassed the national homeownership rate of 64.3 percent. Between 70-75 percent of Flathead Reservation residents are homeowners — an astonishing feat for any community in the U.S.
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Handbook Seeks to Boost Reservation Homeownership
A new handbook by a non-profit unit of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank focuses on how to boost homeownership and mortgage finance on reservations.
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Million-Dollar Mortgage Funds for South Dakota Tribes
Residents of reservations in South and North Dakota will benefit from million-dollar mortgage funds from partnerships between two Native Community Development Financial Institutions and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Sen. Tester Secures Millions from Indian Housing Block Grant Program for Montana Tribes
On May 24, U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s office announced more than $10 million in Indian Housing Block Grant Program Funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development
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