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 7, 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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- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Continuing a Family Tradition
Cheyenne Weston rejoins four-generations of cattle producers. After getting her degree and working in Rapid City for several years,...
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- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
Starting on a Path of His Own
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...
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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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- Jan 6, 2020
- 2 min
Lee McLean: The Transportation Side of Agriculture
Lee McLean resides on the Colville Reservation in Washington state on his family’s ranch. He has been brought up around agriculture and...
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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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- Aug 6, 2019
- 2 min
Sakari Farms: Value-Added Ag in Indian Country
A huge part of agriculture is the production side, but an equally important part is the value added process as well. This success story...
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- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
Tayla Thorstenson: A Young Lady's Road to Success.
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...
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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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