NDN Development Group is a Native-owned, Native-led, nonprofit organization supporting Tribal Nations, communities, Native-owned businesses, and industry to design, fund, and launch workforce and economic development initiatives that advance sovereignty and create positive outcomes for communities.
We work across critical infrastructure and social sectors to capture funding, design systems, and launch sovereign operations. Explore our core focus areas below.
Navigating NTIA funding to deploy 100% tribally-owned fiber networks, bypassing extractive third-party ISPs.
Explore Strategy →Securing DOE and BIA grants to construct community-controlled microgrids and help establish tribal utility authorities.
Explore Strategy →Funding and development to support trauma-informed justice systems, sovereign court tech, and restorative youth diversion programs.
Explore Strategy →Braiding federal awards with progressive philanthropy to build resilient, debt-free capital stacks.
Explore Strategy →Delivering targeted, industry-recognized credentials mapped directly to sovereign infrastructure builds.
Explore Pathways →Our workforce development programs prepare people for high-wage operational, technical, and administrative roles across Indian Country.
View Possibilities →NDN serves as the brain and backbone between tribal leadership, training partners, unions, and funders. We translate your vision into award-worthy funding plans, then into execution.
Community-led discovery, priority setting, and launch roadmaps.
Sector pathway design tied to real jobs and union alignment.
Braided capital stacks and grant-ready packaging.
Partner vetting, day-to-day coordination, and tracking.
NDN Development Group exists because too many opportunities in Indian Country are built upon extraction. We build systems to bring capacity into Tribal Nations without taking power out.
We build capacity inside the Nation, not outside of it. Decision-rights and infrastructure ownership must remain strictly within the community.
We structure systems with data safeguards and enterprise frameworks that actively lock out corporate extraction.
Training without job placement is extraction. We explicitly tie our workforce programs to living-wage careers and union-aligned partnerships.
We focus on building systems that create value in the community and provide opportunities for upward mobility, all tied to your economic priorities and long-term strategy.
We believe in community development. Our strategies are dictated by local geography, cultural preservation, community needs, and tribal priorities.
We operate as a backbone, braiding federal grants, progressive capital, and technical partners into a collaborative, self-sustaining loop.
NDN serves as the brain and backbone between Tribal Nations and the external ecosystem of training providers, employers, unions, technical firms, and funders. Decision-rights stay with the Nation. Our job is to reduce extraction, protect sovereignty, and move initiatives from vision to execution.
Energy Financing
Native-owned supporter of NDN Development Group, contributing expertise in Tribal energy project due diligence and Tribal energy finance education.
Employer Pathways
Minority-owned ISP and fiber contractor that brings hands-on broadband construction, on-the-job training, and registered apprenticeships that turn training into careers.
Online Tech Training
Primary technical partner delivering a digital learning platform with integrated onsite telecom and networking learning modules.
Cultural Grounding & Vision
Native- and veteran-owned partner strengthening grant applications with tribal liaison work, cultural grounding, and community engagement that keep sovereignty and dignity centered.
Community Outreach
Community-based collaboration supporting outreach, wraparound supports, and place-based program delivery.
Your contribution directly supports our mission to build economic power in Indigenous communities. From funding worker scholarships to scaling our pre-apprenticeship programs, your support makes this work possible.
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