Center for American Indian Economic Development

Located on the campus of Northern Arizona University at the W. A. Franke College of Business, the Center for American Indian Economic Development (CAIED) is a unique information and resource center for Arizona's twenty-two tribal nations and communities. Services include technical assistance, business consulting and training, and educational workshops. CAIED provides a website with a database library offering current information on Arizona tribes, Indian economic development, and general development issues.

Mission Statement

To collaborate with tribal communities and nations to help them achieve self-sufficiency through community, economic, and business development.

The Center For American Indian Economic Development

P.O. Box 15066

Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5066

Phone: (928) 523-7320/7319

Fax: (928) 523-5990

TIPS 2007 Was a Success!!!

at the W.A. Franke College of Business Administration

"Implementation is putting information, or ingredients, together to accomplish a goal. Just like making frybread, you need ingredients. TIPS is here to give you the ingredients to make your "Frybread", you are the ones to do the kneading." -Levi Esquerra, CAIED

bluebird implementation

CAIED Grant Alert Subscription Now Available for $400 per Year

Our main objective at Northern Arizona University (NAU) Center for American Indian Economic Development (CAIED) Grant Alert is to make life a lot easier for those who devote their time to searching for Tribal grants and identifying new funding opportunities for their Tribe or Tribal organization.

Soon to enter its third year of operation, CAIED’s Grant Alert is the only grant search service in the Country specializing in grants which benefit Tribes and tribal organizations.

CAIED uses only the most up-to-date, comprehensive private, federal and University grant search engines and techniques available. CAIED researches multiple sources, including direct contact with Federal and other funding agency grant Program Managers, to deepen the level of detail in their grant opportunity analysis. CAIED’s methods ensure confidence that you will always receive listings and descriptions of potential funding opportunities guaranteed to fund Tribal projects.

In addition to the timeliest announcement of Federal grants, the CAIED Grant Alert features:

Foundation grant offerings
Grant support resources
Grant related news
Grant writing tips
Grant analysis of select grants
Grant leveraging and partnership ideas, and
Grant Flash Alerts – immediate email notification of grants with short deadlines; webcast/conference call grant trainings and discussions, and modification notices of previously announced grants.

Each grant listing contains all the pertinent information regarding each grant offering and a URL link to the full announcement. The CAIED Grant Alert will save you hours per week in grant research and analysis. Each CAIED Grant Alert will be emailed every two weeks to your tribally designated recipients. For $400 per year (just $33.33 per month) you will receive 24 issues of the most up-to-date listing available of federal and foundation grants for which tribes and tribal organizations are eligible.

Seasoned grant writers and grant researchers tell us that our Grant Alert is an invaluable service that saves both time and money. With nearly every issue, Grant Alert recipients have found grant announcements that they were unable to locate themselves! Why pay your staff to research grants when their time could be better spent writing grants?

To view past issues of the Grant Alert go to the Grant Alerts.

For more information call or email

Patrick Gorlick at 928.567.2246 or patrick.gorlick@nau.edu

TIPS 2007 was held at the Beautiful Campus of

Northern Arizona University

The NEWLY Built & Renamed...

W. A. Franke College of Business Adminstration

It's Time to make Your Economic Vision a Reality!!

TIPS, also known as Tribal Implementation Planning Session, was developed by the Center for American Indian Economic Development (CAIED), Arizona Department of Commerce (ADOC), and Native Peoples Technical Assistance Office at the University of Arizona (NPTA) to replace the Arizona Indian Economic Development Forum.

TIPS is focused on advising and providing implementation assistance to tribes with specific development projects by bringing together economic development representatives from tribes, state, government, and major private sector corporations.

The 1st Annual TIPS was held on the beautiful campus of Northern Arizona University campus, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Workshops and presentations were conducted in the newly built and renamed W. A. Franke College of Business, located on South Campus.

Along with the summit on Wednesday, August 1st and Thursday, August 2nd. There was a Welcoming Reception on Monday, July 31st from 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm in the Pattea Conference Room located on North Campus in the Blome Building.

There was over 75 participants representing over 14 tribal entities, from Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and California. Presentations were given on information about Traditional Financing, Evaluation of Projects, Leveraging Government Programs, and Tribal Economic Development Authority. Also, Alternative Financing Options and Arizona State Resources.

We would like to Thank the sponsors for TIPS 2007, APS, NPTAO, and Wells Fargo. Also to the Presenters who took the time out of their busy schedules to participate and share their knowledge and information with interested individuals. We would like to also thank the participants who in the future we hope, will take this information and implement it into their plans for economic success.

If you have any questions about the 2007 TIPS, please feel free to contact the CAIED staff at (928) 523-7320.

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We are currently updating the CAIED database. If you wild like your departmental or personal information to be updated please contact the staff at CAIED, either Crystal or Gwen @ (928) 523.7320 or com22@dana.ucc.nau.edu. Thank you!

Updated Publication Now available:

Doing Business on Arizona Indian Lands is a comprehensive guide for both Native and non-Native people who want to do business on Arizona Indian Reservations.

The guide includes national Native American statistics, Arizona reservation economic statistics, information on each tribe (general information, economic statistics, economic development information, economic and tourism activities, economic development plan, business development process, regulatory environment, principal authorizing agents, tribal resources, utilities/infrastructure contacts, newspaper and radio information), industrial park guide, casino guide, and key tribal contact guide.

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CAIED Searchable Database Now Available Online

Find multiple Arizona tribal contacts based tribe or job function
Find state, federal, university, and other programs designed for tribal nations/communities or for Native American individuals
Find contact information for most Arizona and U.S. government agencies
Find contact information for most Arizona universities and community colleges
Send E-mail to contacts right from our website
Easily inform CAIED of corrections or request that your organization be included in our database

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