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 25
- 3 min
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 21
- 1 min
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 4
- 2 min
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 9
- 3 min
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 25
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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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- Jan 3, 2023
- 1 min
Our 2023 Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship is now open
Twenty scholarships will be awarded to Native American high school seniors. Akiptan is pleased to announce our 2023 Okhíčhaŋye...
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- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
Our Team Continues to Grow!
We are pleased to announce the recent growth of our team here at Akiptan. Please join us in welcoming new staff members helping to make a...
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- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Introducing Our New Board Members
Akiptan is excited to introduce you to the newest members of our board: Zachary Ilbery is the Agricultural Education Instructor and FFA...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Thank you James McCuen for your commitment to the Native Agriculture Industry!
Akiptan had a chance to sit down to visit with retiring Board Member Mr. James McCuen as he moves into retiring from his work within the...
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