Akiptan worked with a total of five youth interns this summer; two with Akiptan and three with Native agriculture partner organizations...

Akiptan's Internship program has been operating for 3 years and during this time over 17 young adults have participated in extending...

Last week, Akiptan’s Executive Director, Skya Ducheneaux, was elected to Opportunity Finance Network’s (OFN’s) Board of Directors during...

Akiptan is pleased to announce that we were recently awarded a $3 million gift from Yield Giving, MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic...

Every month Akiptan hosts webinars for Native Agriculture operations. These webinars are offered to assist producer’s success in their...

Akiptan is proud to introduce you to the team of people who are helping make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month, we are...

Akiptan provides more than just loans and direct technical support to our borrowers, we are always expanding our programming, and...

Akiptan is excited to announce our 2024 Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship Awardees. We are grateful to be in our third year of offering our...

Release No.: 064-24 Contact: Public Affairs (202) 720-8998 PA@usda.gov WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Akiptan is pleased to introduce our team of people who are helping make a change in Native Agriculture Finance. This month, we are...

Akiptan is happy to introduce our team of people who are helping make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month, we are highlighting our...

The Akiptan team welcomed our 2023 intern this past summer, Sara Collins. She joined three additional interns from the Zuni Youth...

Akiptan is pleased to announce that we have awarded 14 scholarships from the Okhíčhaŋye Scholarship Program (O-KHI-CHAN-YE - the Lakota...

On March 28th, 2023, Akiptan hosted its first Owóžu (pronounced oh-woh-juh, meaning garden in Lakota) Program. Akiptan’s Owóžu Program...

Akiptan is pleased to introduce our team of people who are helping make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month, we are highlighting...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Akiptan as an intermediary lender through the Heirs’ Property Relending Program (HPRP),...

Akiptan is proud to bring you the team of people who are helping to make a change in Indian Ag Finance. This month we are highlighting...

Akiptan, a Native CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) located in Eagle Butte,South Dakota, received funding through the...

Tiffany Moore joints the Akiptan team as a Program Officer. Tiffany Moore is an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. She...

Where do I even begin! 2022 has been, yet again, another record year for us here at Akiptan. Our organizational growth has been largely...