Akiptan Hosts 2024 Summer Intern: Kinzee Peterson
Akiptan worked with a total of five youth interns this summer; two with Akiptan and three with Native agriculture partner organizations...
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Nov 43 min read
Akiptan Hosts 2024 Summer Intern: Elijah Brewer
Akiptan's Internship program has been operating for 3 years and during this time over 17 young adults have participated in extending...
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Oct 291 min read
Skya Ducheneaux Seated on OFN Board of Directors
Last week, Akiptan’s Executive Director, Skya Ducheneaux, was elected to Opportunity Finance Network’s (OFN’s) Board of Directors during...
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Sep 201 min read
Akiptan Receives $3 Million MacKenzie Scott Award
Akiptan is pleased to announce that we were recently awarded a $3 million gift from Yield Giving, MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic...
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Sep 41 min read
Akiptan Webinar's
Every month Akiptan hosts webinars for Native Agriculture operations. These webinars are offered to assist producer’s success in their...
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Jul 253 min read
Employee Highlight: Sarah Frelsi, Loan Officer
Akiptan is proud to introduce you to the team of people who are helping make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month, we are...
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Jun 211 min read
Akiptan Guides and Booklets for Producers!
Akiptan provides more than just loans and direct technical support to our borrowers, we are always expanding our programming, and...
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Jun 42 min read
2024 Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship Awardees
Akiptan is excited to announce our 2024 Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship Awardees. We are grateful to be in our third year of offering our...
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Apr 93 min read
USDA and the North Central Regional Food Business Center Make Available $600,000 to Farm and Food Businesses in First Round of Business Builder Grants
Release No.: 064-24 Contact: Public Affairs (202) 720-8998 PA@usda.gov WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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Mar 253 min read
Employee highlight: Justine Kougl, Program Officer
Akiptan is pleased to introduce our team of people who are helping make a change in Native Agriculture Finance. This month, we are...
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Dec 8, 20234 min read
Employee Highlight: Whitney O’Rourke, Loan Officer
Akiptan is happy to introduce our team of people who are helping make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month, we are highlighting our...
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Nov 15, 20233 min read
Akiptan’s Summer Intern: Sara Collins
The Akiptan team welcomed our 2023 intern this past summer, Sara Collins. She joined three additional interns from the Zuni Youth...
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Sep 12, 20232 min read
2023 Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship Awardees
Akiptan is pleased to announce that we have awarded 14 scholarships from the Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship Program (O-KHI-CHAN-YE - the Lakota...
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Jul 26, 20233 min read
Akiptan’s Owóžu (Garden) Program
On March 28th, 2023, Akiptan hosted its first Owóžu (pronounced oh-woh-juh, meaning garden in Lakota) Program. Akiptan’s Owóžu Program...
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Jul 6, 20234 min read
Employee Highlight: Kole Fitzpatrick, Loan Officer
Akiptan is pleased to introduce our team of people who are helping make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month, we are highlighting...
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May 18, 20232 min read
Heirs’ Property Relending Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Akiptan as an intermediary lender through the Heirs’ Property Relending Program (HPRP),...
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Apr 26, 20236 min read
Meet our Staff: Dawn E. LeBeau, Program Officer
Akiptan is proud to bring you the team of people who are helping to make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month we are highlighting...
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Feb 16, 20232 min read
Akiptan announces 2022 Native Agriculture Market Study
Akiptan, a Native CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) located in Eagle Butte,South Dakota, received funding through the...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Akiptan welcomes new staff member
Tiffany Moore joints the Akiptan team as a Program Officer. Tiffany Moore is an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. She...
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Jan 10, 20233 min read
Financing the Native Ag Ecosystem
Where do I even begin! 2022 has been, yet again, another record year for us here at Akiptan. Our organizational growth has been largely...
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