Integrated Asset Building Strategies for Reservation-Based Communities: A 27 Year Retrospective of First Nations Development Institute: Chapter 6: A Catalyst for Asset Building: Native Community Development Financial Institutions (2007) (3.0 MB)
This chapter of Integrated Assest Building Strategies for Reservation-Based Communities: A 27 Year Retrospective of First Nations Development Institute discusses Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs) which offer a locally controlled, community-responsive resource for credit and other financial services to support asset-based development in Native communities.

Investing in Community: Community Development Financial Insitutions in Native communities (2004) (306 KB)
This research paper presents trends and promising practices for Native CDFIs.