29 November 2025
Kim Pate, NDN Fund
Guest Opinion. Seven years ago, when NDN Fund set out to finance large-scale loans across Indian Country, the LandBack movement was a growing rallying cry for the return of land to Indigenous hands. Today, it thunders as a full-throated demand for justice, especially now that federal funding for community-driven investment is in peril. It's more than a slogan — it's a profound indictment of America's extractive land ownership model, born from centuries of genocide against Indigenous peoples.