{"id":21215,"date":"2022-02-21T13:54:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T18:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=21215"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:10:02","slug":"leader-of-small-business-administration-heads-to-indian-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/21\/leader-of-small-business-administration-heads-to-indian-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Leader of Small Business Administration heads to Indian Country"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Mark<\/a>
From left: Mark Madrid, Associate Administrator of the Office of Entrepreneurial Development; Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman and Jackson S. Brossy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Native American Affairs, take part in the signign of the Small Business Administration’s tribal consultation policy in January 2022. Photo: SBA<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\nThe Navajo Nation<\/a> is hosting the leader of the Small Business Administration<\/a> for her first visit to the largest reservation in the United States.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAdministrator Isabella Casillas Guzman<\/a> will meet with Navajo Nation \r\nPresident Jonathan Nez<\/a> and other tribal officials on Tuesday. \r\nThe visit is taking place in Window Rock, Arizona, which serves as the tribe’s capital.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAccording to the SBA, Guzman is slated to discuss how the American Rescue Plan Act, as well as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, can benefit Indian Country. The two laws, which were enacted by Congress as part of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, include more than $33 billion in investments for tribes and their communities.\r\n

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<\/p>\r\n\u201cNative-owned small businesses are vital to our shared economic future, and the SBA is committed to engaging and supporting them,\u201d Guzman said in December as her agency awarded another round of grants to organizations that support Native entrepreneurs<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nMore recently, Guzman announced the release of the SBA’s tribal consultation policy<\/a>. The 10-page document<\/a> outlines how the agency will work with tribal nations, Alaska Native corporations and Native Hawaiian organizations.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cThe SBA is committed to establishing strong nation-to-nation relationships with every tribe that seeks to engage with the federal government,\u201d Guzman said on January 28. \u201cWe\u2019re focused on making tribal consultation an important component of our broader tribal outreach and engagement while creating opportunities for meaningful dialogue.\u201d\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nThe SBA includes an Office of Native American Affairs<\/a> at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Jackson Brossy, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, came on board as the Assistant Administrator for the Native program<\/a> in December.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cSupporting Native-owned small businesses is vital to our shared economic future,\u201d Brossy said on the release of the SBA’s tribal consultation policy. \u201cAnd that begins with addressing the systemic inequities that continue to plague Indigenous peoples.\u201d\r\n

<\/P>\r\nLast March, Guzman was confirmed<\/a> as the 27th administrator of the SBA<\/a>. \r\nSince coming on board, the agency has offered about $700 million in support to Native businesses and Native entrepreneurs, according to progress report<\/a> published on January 20, on the anniversary of Biden’s inauguration as president.\r\n

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