HELENA, Mont. (NMB) – Montana Governor Steve Bullock has announced the awarding of $350,000 in funding to support the growth of 34 Native American-owned small businesses through the Indian Equity Fund Small Business Grant program at the Department of Commerce.
All eight of Montana’s Tribal Nations had businesses receive grants, which are worth between $3,750 and $14,000 and must be matched.
Grants awarded locally include:
- Blackfeet Tribe: Border Package Pick-up (Babb), Glacier Drip Mobile Coffee Shop (Babb), Paula’s All Occasion Gifts (Browning), Skunkcap Painting (Cut Bank) and Sunshine Woman Creations (East Glacier)
- Chippewa Cree Tribe: E and E Tire Repair (Box Elder), Nate’s Gona Fix It (Havre), Rebekah Jarvey (Havre) and Binary Computer Repair (Pablo)
- Fort Belknap Assinibioine and Gros Ventre Tribes: Against All Odds (Billings), KillEagle Construction (Dodson), Fetters Garage (Fort Belknap) and EH Excavation (Hays)
- Little Shell Chippewa Tribe: Fry Bread Fusion (Billings), McGillis Alignment Repair (Black Eagle), TS Cattle Processing Company (East Glacier), MJL Properties (Havre)
- Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes: Redgrave Education Services (Billings), Redbyrd Designs (Glasgow), Turcotte Food Bus (Wolf Point) Whatever Construction (Wolf Point)
For more information, visit IndianCountry.MT.gov.
