Overview

The Twelfth District is home to one of the largest and most diverse Native and Indigenous populations in the Federal Reserve System. Of the country’s 574 federally recognized tribes, 80% (431) are located in the District. They are joined by Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian communities and the Indigenous populations of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Expanding our engagement with this diverse and dynamic population is central to the SF Fed’s goal to be a community-engaged Bank. Our engagement with Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous communities, includes partnering with community leaders, inter-tribal organizations, and certain federal agencies to better understand how these communities are experiencing the economy and to foster greater economic opportunity.

Contacts

DISTRICT-LEVEL CONTACT

Chad Marchand

Chad Marchand
Outreach Manager for Tribal and Indigenous Communities

State-Level Contacts

Jessica Monge Coria

Jessica Monge Coria
Southern California

Leilani Pinho Barnett

Leilani Pinho Barnett
Central Valley CA & Idaho

Tracy Choi

Tracy Choi
Bay Area & Utah

Jon Ford

Jon Ford
Arizona, Hawaii, & Guam

Jenny Glass

Jenny Glass
Alaska, Oregon, & Washington

Local Leadership

These are representatives of Tribal and Indigenous Communities who serve on these Twelfth District Board and Councils.

Gabriel (Gabe) Kompkoff

Gabriel (Gabe) Kompkoff

Seattle Branch Board of Directors
President and
Chief Financial Officer
Grant Aviation
Anchorage, Alaska 
Chugach

Blossom Pua Johnston

Blossom Pua Johnston

Community Advisory Council 
Founding Director 
Idaho Partners for Good 
Meridian, Idaho
Native Hawai’ian 

Colleen Dushkin

Colleen Dushkin

Community Advisory Council 
Vice President of Culture and Strategy
Cook Inlet Housing Authority
Anchorage, Alaska
Unangax (Aleut) 

Erin Abrahamson

Erin Abrahamson

Community Advisory Council
Chief of Staff
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
Mesa, Arizona
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation


Native CDFIs: Supporting Local Economies

Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) play a key role in economic development and efforts to advance opportunities in tribal and Indigenous communities. By increasing access to credit, capital, and financial services, these institutions advance economic resiliency and growth. The CDFIs also support other critical community development goals from small business creation to affordable housing development.

The Federal Reserve System has developed a number of resources that support the Native CDFI network.

Contracting Opportunities for Tribal and Indigenous Communities

Over the last four decades, Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs), and federally recognized tribes have increasingly done business with the U.S. government. Research has shown that federal contracting is an important source of revenue for tribal communities. At the same time, research also shows that Native entities’ revenue from federal contracting remains a small share of all federal contracting revenue.

To help more tribal and Indigenous communities take advantage of contracting opportunities, the SF Fed partnered with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Center for Indian Country Development on a webinar that explored opportunities for Native entities to advance economic prosperity through federal contracting—and barriers to accessing and succeeding with federal contracting. Subject matter experts from national Native organizations and the federal government discussed federal contracting’s role in economic development and representatives from ANCs, NHOs, and tribal enterprises also shared their experiences in the industry.

The webinar is part of the series Cultivating Native Economies in the 21st Century. Offering multiple webinars, the series provides tribal leaders, policymakers, and practitioners with information they can use to strengthen and expand Indian Country economic development.

The contracting webinar can be found here.

Information about the Center for Indian Country Development can be found here.

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Video Feature

Native Communities

The SF Fed works with Native communities in efforts to remove systemic barriers to economic vitality. This tells the story of one of our initiatives to remove roadblocks in the mortgage lending process. It introduces a promising model through the success of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

President Daly in the District

Recent Publications

Our Commitment to Supporting Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous Communities

The voices from Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous communities are needed for the Federal Reserve’s work to help create an economy that works for all. As the first Senior Outreach Manager for Tribal and Indigenous Communities, Chad Marchand shares his plan to help advance equitable economic opportunity for Indigenous people and communities.

Learning from Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous Communities

The voices from Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous communities are needed for the Federal Reserve’s work to help create an economy that works for all. As the first Senior Outreach Manager for Tribal and Indigenous Communities, Chad Marchand shares his plan to help advance equitable economic opportunity for Indigenous people and communities.