Westwater Financial

Attended Advocacy Day at the California state Capital. Met with Senator Mike McGuire's staff, Assemblyman Damon Connolly staff, Assemblyman James Ramos staff and Assemblyman Avelino Valencia staff. Advocating for the renewal of the CAL IIP grant funding for the next 3 years. The 8 to 1 return was well received. Thank you for the California Coalition for Community Investment and the Native CDFI Network for organizing advocacy day and the Summit. I spent a little time walking in the Capital garden digesting all of the information being shared.

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LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST!! Burney CA
The Pit River Tribe has had several parcels (all parcels in red below) taken into trust by the U.S. Department of the Interior for the U.S. Indian Affairs on behalf of the Pit River Tribe. The Tribe has several intended potential uses planned for the properties. Contact your council rep to get you those plans, or the Tribal Chairman to provide your input.

Learning, sharing and coming together in community! Bi partisan event !!! Working together: that's how things get done !

Indigenous food chef, Sean Sherman. NCN summit key note speaker.

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Westwater is looking to partner with Philanthropic Partners!
Individuals or corporations.
Westwater provides access to capital in the form of consumer loans for our Native American communities.
The Natve community has long been excluded from traditional banking: Westwater offers opportunities to build and repair credit.

I will be attending...bringing stronger awareness to the Native Community Development Financial Institutions of California and the great work we do!!https://www.facebook.com/nativecdfinetwork/posts/pfbid03vHwUDJp6rzJGYuEbsuTaadw1c2voVNwtrEFTBA8cjgwVfEW3cCyTepFg7N4i78Yl

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During a recent City Council meeting, the month of November was proclaimed Native American Heritage Month!

The City of Fort Bragg acknowledges that the land on which we stand today is the unceded traditional territory of local Indigenous peoples past and present. We recognize the sovereignty of the Pomo people, who are the original stewards of this land🌲

While we celebrate local indigenous culture and heritage, we do so knowing that America has not always delivered on its promise of equal dignity and respect for Native Americans; for centuries, broken treaties, dispossession of ancestral lands, and policies of assimilation and genocide sought to eliminate Native populations and their ways of life.

The City of Fort Bragg recognizes and deeply values the vast and diverse contributions made by Indigenous peoples to our community, both historic and contemporary, in the areas of science, philosophy, arts and culture which have enriched the lives of all citizens in the United States, State of California, County of Mendocino and the City of Fort Bragg.

Attending "Building inclusive economies through business ", sponsored by The Native American Indian Enterprise Development.
Lots to learn and share!