Native community-controlled tourism initiatives bolster economic development opportunities and put the community in charge of telling their own story and sharing their culture as they choose. In 2021, with generous funding from the Otto Bremer Trust, First Nations provided funding support and technical assistance to two tribal entities in Montana (Fort Belknap Community Economic Development Corporation on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the Piikani Lodge Health Institute on Blackfeet Nation) to expand their existing tribal tourism efforts.