Youth Agricultural Internship Opportunities Available Throughout Indian Country
Akiptan is pleased to announce expanded youth programming that now includes summer internship opportunities for Native American youth....
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Please join us in welcoming Carlton to the Akiptan team!
We are excited to introduce you to our Finance and Administration Officer, Carlton Underwood. As a member of he Northern Arapaho Tribe,...
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- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
Skya's Story: Annual Message
Hi there and happy New Year! Man, what a ride 2021 took us on. Reflecting back on the last year has left me with a lot of thoughts ings....
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Introducing Kole and Lakota!
Akiptan is excited to introduce you to the newest members of our staff and board: Kole Fitzpatrick was recently hired on as a Loan...
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- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
Launching our Land Loan Products!
Akiptan plans to meet more capital needs for Native ag producers. Akiptan is thrilled to announce our two new loan products designed to...
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- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Increased Access to Capital
Akiptan raises loan limit to $250,000. Akiptan is excited to announce that we have raised the maximum amount of our loans from $100,000...
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
Growing Our Best Ideas
Grant award will support transformational ag lending models. This spring, Akiptan was awarded a Community Innovation Grant from the Bush...
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- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Skya’s Story: Telling the Native Ag Story
A message from our Executive Director. Over the last couple of months, I have had the opportunity to raise awareness of our work, the...
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- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
Disaster Assistance for Producers Impacted by Drought
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing technical and financial assistance for drought recovery. Livestock Forage Disaster...
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- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
We've expanded our team to meet the growing demand for our programs!
We're glad to be growing our team and the services we offer across Indian Country. Let's welcome our newest staff members - Kristi...
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- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Akiptan Welcomes Tomie Peterson to the Board
The news broke last week about Zach Ducheneaux's new appointment as the USDA's Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. Zach was...
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- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Looking Forward to 2021
January 4th, 2021 Greetings! I hope this letter finds you well and that you had a safe, healthy and happy holiday season! As we have now...
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- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
Implementation of ProAg
Akiptan is happy to announce the implementation of ProAg’s software. This program allows clients to create their own account on our...
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- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Perseverance & Resilience in Agriculture
Growing up I always heard: “Maybe next year’s prices will be better, maybe next year the weather will be better, maybe next year we can...
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- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
Another Milestone
Recently, Akiptan has received some exciting news and we are happy to share this with you all. Akiptan is now a Certified Native CDFI....
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- Jan 6, 2020
- 2 min
Year One Behind Us...
\We have officially hit our one year anniversary of being open for business. What a great year it has been!
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- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
The Long and Short of What we Do
Akiptan is the Lakota word for “working together, in a cooperative effort.” At Akiptan we are always asked about what we do and how we do...
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- Sep 19, 2019
- 1 min
Our Growing Staff
Things have been very busy here at Akiptan the last month and we've been making some big changes. Our biggest news is that we hired our...
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- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
Career Opportunities
Akiptan is seeking a Loan Officer in order to broaden the impact we are making in Indian Country and to better serve our producers.
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- May 23, 2019
- 2 min
AKIPTAN Update
AKIPTAN Akiptan is a Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loans and technical assistance to...
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