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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...
Nov 24, 20211 min read
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...
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Growing Our Best Ideas
Grant award will support transformational ag lending models. This spring, Akiptan was awarded a Community Innovation Grant from the Bush...
Aug 18, 20212 min read
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...
Aug 10, 20212 min read
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...
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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...
Jul 7, 20211 min read
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...
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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...
Jan 4, 20212 min read
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...
Oct 5, 20201 min read
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...
Sep 23, 20202 min read
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....
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Year One Behind Us...
\We have officially hit our one year anniversary of being open for business. What a great year it has been!
Jan 6, 20202 min read
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...
Oct 7, 20193 min read
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...
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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.
Jul 15, 20191 min read
AKIPTAN Update
AKIPTAN Akiptan is a Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loans and technical assistance to...
May 23, 20192 min read
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