b'CONTENTSINDIGENOUS PROSPERITY Always Higher, Always StrongerINDIGENOUS PROSPERITYis published twice a year for the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA).338 Somerset Street West Ottawa, ONK2P 0J9 Tel: 613-688-0894 Toll Free: 844-827-0327 info@nacca.ca www.nacca.caPublished by:mediaedgepublishing.com33 South Station Street Toronto, ONM9N 2B2 Toll Free: 866-480-4717 robertt@mediaedge.ca531 Marion StreetPhoto Credit: Fred CattrollWinnipeg, MBR2J 0J9 Toll Free: 866-201-3096 Fax: 204 480-44206WELCOME MESSAGEwww.mediaedgepublishing.comNational Director of Publishing10CREATING COMMUNITY CHANGEMaurice P. LaBorde Paying tribute to long-serving network member Jean VincentSenior Editor Justyne EsseryNational Sales Executives12RELEASING COMMUNITY CAPACITY Derek de Weerdt, April Hawkes, Indigenous communities demonstrate alternativePat Johnston, Dawn Stokes, First Nations housing modelDavid TetlockSenior Design Specialist14THE FOR INDIGENOUS, BY INDIGENOUS IMPERATIVEKrista Zimmermann Taking the lead on Indigenous development programsJunior Design Specialist Bethany GiesbrechtPresident16THE PATH TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITYKevin Brown Paying tribute to long-serving network member Dawn Madahbee LeachSenior Vice President Robert Thompson 18INDIGENOUS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Branch ManagerNACCA program provides support forNancie Priv Indigenous women across CanadaPublished April 2023Publication Mail 20FROM SEED TO HARVESTAgreement #40787580 Paying tribute to long-serving network member Rocky SinclairAll rights reserved. The contentsof this publication may not be 22CHANGING THE STATUS QUOreproduced by any means, in wholeor in part, without the prior written National working group collaborates towardsconsent of the association. Indigenous procurement targetsINDIGENOUS PROSPERITYis printed on 10% post-consumerFSC certified paper using soya based24PLAYING THE LONG GAMEinks. When necessary to mail an issue inPaying tribute to long-serving network member Elaine Chambersan enclosure, we use an environmentally-friendly, 100% oxo-degradable poly-wrap.Return undeliverable copies to:26PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORYNational Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA)338 Somerset Street West Ottawa, ONK2P 0J9 Issue #1, 2023INDIGENOUS PROSPERITY 5'