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Sustainable impact comes from investing in Opportunity Zones with native communities

October 11, 2019 /

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“I want people who are thinking about deploying capital to take a closer look at native communities. We know how to navigate the process. We’re sovereigns. We govern ourselves. We’re in the driver’s seat. We can make things happen.”

“When you’re working with any type of marginalized community, you may see individuals willing to help, but it’s always about what you can do to or for us, rather than what you can do with us,” said Chrystel Cornelius, executive director, First Nations Oweesta Corporation.

Cornelius, and Little Fawn Boland, an attorney who works exclusively on behalf of indigenous tribes, recently visited Kansas City to participate in an Opportunity Zone summit. Boyland wants investors to see the promise of Native Americans.

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