Registration is full at this time. To be added to the waitlist, please email Christy Finsel at cfinsel@oknativeassets.org.
This free of charge training, organized by the Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc. (ONAC) and the Native Alliance Against Violence, is sponsored by ONAC (with support of the Wells Fargo Foundation), the Native Alliance Against Violence, FINRA Investor Education Foundation, First Nations Development Institute, and the Choctaw Nation. BNC trainings are designed to provide Native-specific and culturally relevant financial education training for those who will then teach (or already do teach) financial education to Native communities. If you are new to teaching financial education, this is a great way to receive certification, so you may more confidently teach classes in your tribal communities. For those already teaching classes, this training is designed to help you refresh your skills and have access to updated curriculum materials. On the final day of the training, participants are invited to take a test so they may be a certified Building Native Communities Financial Skills for Families trainer.
Native-specific financial education trainings, such as BNC trainings, acknowledge the broader understanding Native communities have about assets, as assets not only being money but also sovereignty, kinship, Native languages and arts, natural resources, etc. The BNC Financial Skills for Families training materials, developed by First Nations Development Institute and First Nations Oweesta Corporation, include culturally relevant examples and note the ways Native communities have been saving for generations. Tribes and Native nonprofits may choose to integrate Native financial education into their other asset building programs.
