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Grantee Supports Native EntrepreneursChange Labs was featured in a New York Times article that emphasized the significant challenges Native entrepreneurs encounter on tribal lands.

The article pointed out the stark economic disparities between communities on reservations and those off-reservation. It underscores how federal and tribal policies can hinder entrepreneurship, despite the crucial role that small, local businesses play in creating generational wealth.

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Heather Fleming, Co-Founder of Change Labs. Photo Credit: Kevin Mohatt for The New York Times

Maintaining intellectual infrastructureWe believe that cultural understanding is at the heart of Native identities.

Supporting Indigenous knowledge keepers who seek to educate and preserve community strength and sovereignty sets up Native America to thrive for years to come. In addition to funding passionate thinkers from the Indigenous community, we also invest in the cultural, intellectual, and policy systems that are critical to the resilience and vitality of Indian Country.

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Across our grantmaking, we support collaborative, community-engaged research and community-led solutions to the complex challenges that have created deep divisions and inequities in our society. These convictions are present in the work of all our programs.