Yesterday, 14 prominent Native organizations – a group that includes the Native CDFI Network (NCN) – shared a joint brief titled “Tribal Economic Development: Indian Country’s Policy Priorities for the Federal Government” with key members of the incoming Trump Administration’s transition team. The comprehensive brief features 38 consensus-based policy priorities for the Administration and its various federal agencies across several topical categories, including: Increasing Indian Country’s Access to Capital and Credit, Tax Fairness for Tribal Economic Development & Growth, Enhancing Marketplace Competitiveness for Indian Country Businesses, Native-Owned Small Business Development, Tribal Land & Energy Development, and Growing Native Food Economies. As the brief explains, its included priorities will “enhance and grow the federal government’s support of Tribal Nations as they build and sustain vibrant economies that benefit not just Native people, but all Americans.”
In the coming weeks and months, NCN will work closely with its brief partners to educate Trump Administration officials about these policy priorities and advocate for their implementation. NCN also advises Native CDFI leaders and advocates to use the brief in their advocacy efforts with the new Administration, as it features several priorities that NCN and Native CDFIs have been collectively advocating for.
To view and share the brief, please click here.