{"id":218234,"date":"2025-09-08T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=218234"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:46:05","slug":"nafoa-5-things-you-need-to-know-this-week-september-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/09\/08\/nafoa-5-things-you-need-to-know-this-week-september-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (September 8, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\"NAFOA\"<\/a>
Guess who’s back? Back again, NAFOA’s favorite illustrator, Matt Orley of Big Paper Strategy, is returning to bring the magic to #NAFOAFall25! What session are you hoping to see come to life on the big paper? Photo courtesy NAFOA<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
5 Things You Need to Know this Week<\/div>\r\n
Big News: U.S. Treasurer to Speak at #NAFOAFall25 | Tribal Econ. Updates & More<\/div>\r\n
Monday, September 8, 2025<\/div>\r\n
Source: NAFOA<\/div>\r\n
nafoa.org<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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1. CONFERENCE:<\/EM><\/div>\r\n
Session Spotlight: United States Treasurer Brandon Beach<\/div>\r\nJoin us Tuesday, September 23rd to hear from United States Treasurer Brandon Beach, as he delivers remarks about his journey to the Treasury, the administration\u2019s priorities, and work alongside the TTAC to advance Tribal Economies.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAs the 46th Treasurer, Beach provides leadership and oversight for the U.S. Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Fort Knox, the Office of Tribal and Native Affairs, and serves as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent. He will provide updates on Tribal tax policy, the One Big Beautiful Bill, and other initiatives supporting Tribal communities.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nRegister for the Conference<\/a>\r\n\r\n

<\/p>\r\nView the Agenda<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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2. NAFOA IN THE NEWS:<\/EM><\/div>\r\n
A Financial Statement – Cory Blankenship \u201906 Commits to Making Native American Tribes Economically Self-sustaining<\/div>\r\nNAFOA Executive Director Cory Blankenship eyed leadership growing up in the Qualla Boundary of western North Carolina as a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His great-grandfather was elected chairman of the Tribal Council. Blankenship\u2019s grandfather, Bob Blankenship \u201960, also served on Tribal Council six terms, and two of those he was chairman.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBlankenship, 39, works nationally with tribes to introduce policies and initiatives that enable them to become more economically sovereign. That entails looking at economic drivers, reshaping education and retooling the workforce. He tailors his approach to each tribe\u2019s unique needs. \r\n

<\/p>\r\n“If one tribe can\u2019t do an economic development project on their own, what are the opportunities for us to join forces and really lift all the boats to lift everyone up?” says Blankenship.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nSource: NC State Magazine\r\nContinue Reading<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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3. MUST READ:<\/EM><\/div>\r\n
Michigan Tribes Generated $1.2B in Economic Impact in 2024, Report Finds<\/div>\r\nMichigan\u2019s 12 federally recognized tribes have quadrupled their non-gaming economic impact in the state since 2019 as more tribes create more tribal enterprises to diversify their economies. \r\n

<\/p>\r\nSeventy-eight tribal enterprises spread across the 12 tribes generated a combined $1.24 billion in total economic impact from non-gaming enterprises in 2024, according to a statewide study released last week. The previous economic impact report, which chronicled 2019 and included nine of the state\u2019s tribes, estimated $288.76 million \u2014 roughly 330% increase in five years. \r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThis shows that next step in economic development for tribes,\u201d Jessi Goldner, Vice President of Strategic Engagement for Was\u00e9yabek. \u201cIt proves that when we\u2019re looking at economic diversification, the sky is the limit.\u201d \r\n

<\/p>\r\nSource: Tribal Business News\/Native News Online\r\nContinue Reading<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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4. WEBINAR:<\/EM><\/div>\r\n
NCN Policy Advocacy Strategy Webinar:\r\nNACA Program Funding and the Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act<\/div>\r\nWednesday, September 10, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWith Congress back in session and much work ahead with the Administration, the Native CDFI Network (NCN) will resume its regular policy webinar series, beginning with a webinar next Wednesday that will share key updates and needed next steps about three critical topics: FY 2025 and FY 2026 funding for the CDFI Fund\u2019s Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program, the USDA Native CDFI 502 Relending Program, and the Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act (which includes a provision increasing New Markets Tax Credits deployment in Indian Country).\r\n

<\/p>\r\n Pilar Thomas will provide updates on recent developments regarding NCN’s $400 million Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and how the One Big Beautiful Bill impacts Indian Country, as well as other Congressional developments relevant to Native CDFIs.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nSource: Native CDFI Network\r\nRegister to Join on September 10<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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5. JOB OPPORTUNITY:<\/EM><\/div>\r\n
Senior Accountant \u2013 Government Contracting, Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation<\/div>\r\nThe Senior Accountant is responsible for performing detailed reconciliations of balance sheet and sub-ledger accounts to ensure accuracy, compliance, and completeness of financial data in a government contracting environment. This role supports month-end and year-end close, audit readiness, and compliance with GAAP, FAR, CAS, and internal policies.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nLearn More & Apply at nafoa.org\/jobs<\/a>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United States Treasurer Brandon Beach will be speaking at the #NAFOAFall25 conference in Portland, Oregon.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[78,6726,783,5383,71,121,559,454,1938,138,523,36,63,6727,89],"class_list":["post-218234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-national","tag-alaska","tag-brandon-beach","tag-ccthita","tag-cory-blankenship","tag-economic-development","tag-employment","tag-epa","tag-grants","tag-h-r-1","tag-meetings","tag-michigan","tag-nafoa","tag-oregon","tag-scott-bessent","tag-treasury","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/08\/nafoa.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-ULU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218234"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218241,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218234\/revisions\/218241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}