Photo submitted by The Crafted Orchard Akiptan is extremely thankful for the clients we get to serve, and we are excited to feature their success in our December Success Story. Angela Litchy is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe. She owns the Crafted Orchard & More LLC, which was established in 2022. This orchard sits on 35.16 acres of deeded land that she and her husband, Trevor, own. The Crafted Orchard & More LLC is a seasonal rural agritourism business lo

Photo submitted by Dylane Carlisle Dylane Carlisle, a Navajo Nation citizen from the state of New Mexico grew up ranching and has been a member of 4-H and FFA for years. She has placed in the Champion spaces for her bred livestock entries for several years. Currently she is pursuing an Ag Econ Business degree at NMSU - New Mexico State University. Dylane was encouraged to apply for a loan with Akiptan to complement her livestock show work. Dylane and her loan officer - Whitne

Ty Thompson owns Thompson Ag services located on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Ty and our Senior Program Officer sat down to...

Kaia Hunter, a youth rancher from the Pine Ridge reservation, helps on her family's ranch and has goals of building her own herd for the...

Danny and Mandy Plainfeather live and operate their ranch on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Mandy grew up helping her mom and dad on...

Maggie Jo Matt is a 4th generation cattle rancher achieving her dreams

William & Justine Kougl completely transform traditional cattle ranching business. William (Cheyenne River Sioux) and Justine Kougl had...

Shelby Homer begins cattle operation on foundation set by past generations. Upon moving to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota...

Melinda Williamson improves health of community members and local economy with fermented tea. In 2010, while working at Oklahoma State...

Cheyenne Weston rejoins four-generations of cattle producers. After getting her degree and working in Rapid City for several years,...

Bradyn Ward begins building his herd and his future. It’s 3:00pm, and Bradyn Ward (Cheyenne River Sioux) is getting off work at his...

Lee McLean resides on the Colville Reservation in Washington state on his family’s ranch. He has been brought up around agriculture and...

A huge part of agriculture is the production side, but an equally important part is the value added process as well. This success story...

To kick off our first ever success story, I think it’s important to talk about Akiptan’s first loan to a young lady who inspired the idea...