We are an emerging alliance of Native-owned and Native led organizations leveraging our collective ingenuity, networks, capital, and resources to support Indigenous entrepreneurs.
For millennia, Native American have embodied entrepreneurship as a medium of self-expression, community health and wealth, and economic sovereignty. For us, wealth cannot be expressed solely in financial terms, but centers kinship, the wellbeing of our communities, and the ancestral knowledge that will continue to inform us for generations to come.
Together we support Indigenous entrepreneurs across the Southwest in growing thriving businesses that serve their customers, their families, and their communities. We strive to increase access to education, peer networks, and financing, with our founding members providing access to a suite of services for Indigenous entrepreneurs and households.
We are Change Labs, Native Women Lead, Native Community Capital, and New Mexico Community Capital.
OUR VISION
IEWA envisions a future where Indigenous economies are thriving because they center on Indigenous ways of knowing and being and where Indigenous economies are built by Indigenous people and our allies.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to forge pathways for Indigenous entrepreneurs by nurturing community, economic well-being, and intergenerational wealth that leverages collective ingenuity, networks, capital resources, and Indigenous wisdom.
OUR PURPOSE
Our purpose is to achieve social and economic justice with and within our Indigenous communities. This involves promoting an abundant ecosystem that leverages the unique contributions from tribes, individuals, and organizations committed to thriving Indigenous economies.
WHAT WE OFFER INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURS
Are you an entrepreneur or artisan on the Navajo or Hopi Nation looking for startup capital and support?
Are you looking for a residential mortgage or for loans for your established and growing business?
Are you a womxn entrepreneur or a business owner looking for startup capital and technical assistance?
Are you an Indigenous business looking for help accessing markets for your products?