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Gardens Flourish on Pine Ridge

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Author: 
Stephanie Woodard
Year: 
2012

Gardens Flourish on Pine Ridge

Gardens Flourish on Pine Ridge
Gardens Flourish on Pine Ridge

John Yellow Hawk’s garden is one of many new feeders of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation’s developing economy. This past year, Yellow Hawk and 20 other Oglala gardeners each received a $1,000 loan and a $2,000 grant from Citigroup via Lakota Funds, a 26-year-old Native community development financial institution in Kyle, South Dakota, on the northern end of the reservation. With this support, the gardeners purchased the seeds, tools, fencing and other items and services needed to get market plots under way...

community development financial institution (CDFI), citizen entrepreneurship, citizen-owned businesses, economic diversification, farming, health and wellness, Lakota Funds
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Native Nations: 
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Resource Type: 
News and Opinion
Topics: 
Economic and Community Development, Small Business

Woodard, Stephanie. "Gardens Flourish on Pine Ridge." Indian Country Today Media Network. December 05, 2012. Article. (https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/health-wellness/gardens..., accessed January 16, 2013)

 

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