{"id":340516,"date":"2025-12-15T09:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=340516"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:00:10","slug":"nafoa-5-things-you-need-to-know-this-week-december-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/12\/15\/nafoa-5-things-you-need-to-know-this-week-december-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (December 15, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\"NAFOA\"<\/a>
Leaders from across Indian Country came together last week in Washington, D.C., at the Native CDFI Network (NCN) 6th Annual Policy & Capacity Building Summit to champion collective advocacy and economic sovereignty. Pictured, from left: Cory Blankenship (NAFOA), Chris James (National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development), Pete Upton (NCN), Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), Rudy Soto (National American Indian Housing Council), and President Anthony Reider (Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe). Photo courtesy NAFOA<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
5 Things You Need to Know this Week<\/div>\r\n
Thanks for a successful 2025, see you in the new year!<\/div>\r\n
Monday, December 15, 2025<\/div>\r\n
Source: NAFOA<\/div>\r\n
nafoa.org<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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1. STORIES:<\/em><\/div>\r\n
Interview with Jessica Bradby, Leadership Summit Alum and Alumni Committee Member<\/div>\r\nJessica Bradby (Pamunkey Indian Tribe) is part of the second class of NAFOA Leadership Summit (2018) and a founding member of NAFOA\u2019s Summit Alumni Committee. Before her Tribe achieved federal acknowledgment, Bradby had limited access to resources and networks that could satisfy her curiosity about Tribal affairs and community development. When Pamunkey gained federal recognition in 2016, Bradby took advantage of every opportunity to learn how her Tribe could leverage its status and assert its sovereignty toward the betterment of her community. This exploration led Bradby to NAFOA, where she began cultivating a flourishing professional network that is already positively impacting her career trajectory and professional contributions to her Tribe.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nIn this Q&A, Bradby shares how curiosity as a core principle is guiding her to design networks and services that transform her community.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nContinue Reading<\/a>\r\n\r\n

<\/P>\r\nGive Today (Make a Donation)<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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2. WEBINAR:<\/em><\/div>\r\n
How to Tell Governments What You Think<\/div>\r\nWednesday, December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET<\/strong>\r\n

<\/P>\r\nBecause governments work for the people, it\u2019s important for government officials to hear from ordinary citizens what we think about what they are doing. Yet most of us don\u2019t know how to effectively share our opinions with governments. Join the Aspen Institute to learn how to tell government actors across all branches of government what you think about their ideas. This program will teach you broad principles for communicating to policymakers, as well as specific tips for sharing your opinions with Congress, executive branch officials, and even the courts. The training will also feature 2 alumni guest speakers, sharing their real-world examples of policy proposals for governments.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nSource: Aspen Institute\r\nRegister to Join on December 17<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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3. ACCOUNTING:<\/em><\/div>\r\n
GASB Launches Survey on the Phrase Continue as a Going Concern<\/div>\r\nThe Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) recently issued the Preliminary Views, Severe Financial Stress and Probable Dissolution Disclosures<\/a>. These disclosures would replace the existing disclosures related to going concern in Statement No. 56, Codification of Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidance Contained in the AICPA Statements on Auditing Standards. \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe purpose of this survey is to gain a broader understanding of stakeholder interpretations of the term “going concern” to help the Board in this stage of deliberations prior to the issuance of the next due process document, an Exposure Draft.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe survey will be open through December 19, 2025.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nSource: Governmental Accounting Standards Board\r\nTake the Survey<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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4. MUST READ:<\/em><\/div>\r\n
Research collaborations propel economic data in Indian Country<\/div>\r\nAs Executive Director of Four Bands Community Fund, a Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) serving residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, Lakota Vogel (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) sees hundreds of clients every year. Often, these prospective borrowers report very low financial net worth.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cWe sit on a lot of paper information about wealth,\u201d Vogel said. \u201cWe were noticing conversations about the racial wealth gap, and as a practitioner, when I see 400 Native American clients come through in a year and fill out a personal finance statement reporting net worth at the bottom level, it seems silly for me not to want to report that somewhere.\u201d\r\n

<\/P>\r\nIn this article, the Center for Indian Country Development marks its tenth anniversary by exploring new ways Native leaders, practitioners, and researchers are working together to address long-standing data gaps.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nSource: Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis\r\nContinue Reading<\/a>\r\n\r\n

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5. JOB OPPORTUNITY:<\/em><\/div>\r\n
FMYNE General Manager, Fort McDowell Enterprises<\/div>\r\nThe Enterprise General Manager is the key intermediary between the Tribal Council and Enterprise Business Managers. This position is critical in ensuring business managers effectively communicate and implement the nation\u2019s strategic vision and goals. The Enterprise General Manager facilitates collaboration, addresses concerns, and ensures that the enterprise\u2019s operational activities are aligned with the Tribal Council\u2019s expectations.\r\n

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