25 U.S.C. § 1521
Indian Business Development Program; establishment; statement of purpose
There is established within the Department of the Interior the Indian Business Development Program whose purpose is to stimulate and increase Indian entrepreneurship and employment by providing equity capital through nonreimbursable grants made by the Secretary of the Interior to Indians and Indian tribes to establish and expand profit-making Indian-owned economic enterprises on or near reservations.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1998–2003 · leading case: Pourier v. South Dakota Dep't of Revenue, 2003 SD 21 (S.D. 2003).
Pourier v. South Dakota Dep't of Revenue, 2003 SD 21 (S.D. 2003). “Under federal regulations, the only persons or entities that may apply for funds from this program are, "Indians, Indian tribes, Indian partnerships, corporations, or cooperative *405 associations authorized to do business under State, Federal, or Tribal law.”
Helgeson v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dep't of the Interior, 153 F.3d 1000 (9th Cir. 1998). “Contrary to this contention, the BIA had no obligation to transform the Helgesons’ applications for a loan into applications for a grant under the Indian Business Development Program, see 25 U.S.C. § 1521 . While the BIA was required to provide “competent management and…”
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