Coalition Facilitates Workshop at SD Indian Business Conference in Deadwood
On May 19, 2015, the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition facilitated a workshop at the SD Indian Business Conference on the “Intersections between Homeownership Development and Entrepreneurship.” Elsie Meeks moderated the discussion, and Sharice Davids of Thunder Valley, Terry Lee of the FDIC, Kadem Fisher of Lakota Funds, and George Twiss of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing participated the conversation. Coalition representatives discussed the need for workforce housing, the work-home design concept, and what tribal leaders can do to promote homeownership.