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Native Inc. seeks state backing for $27 million cultural center to serve urban Native residents
Summary
Native Inc., a Bismarck nonprofit serving urban Native communities, presented cultural, housing and economic programs to the committee and asked legislators to consider state support for a proposed $27 million Native cultural center that would include programming space, ceremonial facilities and adjacent affordable housing.
Lorraine Davis, founder and CEO of Native Inc. and the Native American Development Center, asked the committee to consider state partnership and funding assistance for a proposed cultural center in Bismarck designed to serve urban Native residents across the Great Plains.
Davis outlined services her organizations provide: housing and homeless services, workforce development, small‑business lending through the Native American Development Center (a certified Native Community Development Financial Institution), and a wide array of cultural programming — ribbon‑skirt and ceremonial dress classes, drum nights, cradleboard and…
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