[Voice of Narrator]
00:00:00:00 - 00:00:40:16: 1969. The world is changing. Nixon's inauguration. Man walks on the moon. Woodstock. The Stonewall rebellion. And the Indians of all Tribes occupy Alcatraz. Los Angeles. A group of Native American businessmen gather. Their goal? Establish a jobs program for youth in LA. Ideas are circled. Experiences shared, and around the room, all agree. If we are to create jobs, businesses must be developed.
[IMAGES: Pictures of the late 60s - Nixon, Moonwalk, Woodstock, Stonewall, Alcatraz Occupation, Early formation of UIDA]
00:00:40:18 - 00:01:12:05: UIDA - the United Indian Development Agency - is born. David Lester becomes the first executive director. 1969, President Nixon establishes the MBDA. UIDA fights to establish the Indian Business Development Program. 1972, one year after the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, UIDA begins working with ANCs.
[IMAGES: UIDA logo, footage of David Lester, pictures of bill signing and Alaska Natives]
00:01:12:07 - 00:01:47:29: 1973, UIDA becomes the first grantee for an Indian development center. 1974, the Indian Finance Act prompts UIDA to start a small business loan program. Bank of America offers UIDA office space in Escondido, California. 1976 Steve Stallings becomes UIDA president. 1981 UIDA holds the first Indian in Progress Business Awards - INPRO. 1984, INPRO host the inaugural event for the L.A. Olympics honoring all Native American Olympians.
[IMAGES: B-roll of UIDA, UIDA office space, Steve Stallings, INPRO awards footage, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics]
00:01:48:02 - 00:02:24:13: Jim Thorpe's medals are returned to the Thorpe family. 1985 Congress authorizes the PTAC program. 1987 Reagan's office releases the Presidential Initiative on Native Economies report. UIDA creates an event to share the report. UIDA names the event the Reservation Economic Summit. 1989 UIDA changes its name to NCAIED, The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. 1990 The National Center purchases the Mesa, Arizona office.
[IMAGES: Picture of Jim Thorpe, The Capitol building, President Reagan, text of RES conference, text of NCAIED name change, picture of Mesa office space]
00:02:24:16 - 00:02:31:28: 1995 Ken Robbins becomes NCAIED president.
[IMAGE: B-Roll of Ken Robbins]
00:02:32:01 - 00:02:45:00: 2001 The National Center moves RES to Las Vegas.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Las Vegas strio]
00:02:45:03 - 00:03:09:09: 2005 NCAIED advocates for establishing an Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs and a Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee program. 2010 Erick Trevan becomes NCAIED president. 2012 Gary Litefoot Davis becomes NCAIED president.
[IMAGES: B-roll of Congressional testimony, Eric Trevan headshot, b-roll of Gary Litefoot Davis and RES footage]
00:03:09:12 - 00:03:30:00: 2016 NCAIED Board Chairman Derrick Watchman testifies before Congress on the Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act. 2017 Chris James joins NCAIED as president and CEO. The National Center begins hosting Native Edge Institutes across the country.
[IMAGES: Copy of Watchman Testimony and a backdrop of the U.S. Capitol, Chris James b-roll, b-roll of Native Edge Institutes. map of Native Edge Institute locations
[Voice of Crystal Pierce, APEX Accelerator Procurement Specialist]
00:03:30:00 - 00:03:50:00: We had ANA commissioners on our board. I mean, if you were a powerful Native who had some relationship to business and economic development, you wanted to be on our board. If you were a corporation anywhere touching Indian country, you wanted to be on our advisory. People are still trying to beat what we do.
[IMAGES: b-roll of Congressional testimony, early UIDA meetings, RES and other National Center events,
[Voice of Narrator]
00:03:50:00 – 00:04:08:00 - 2021 The National Center goes international.
[IMAGES: Pictures Airports, meetings, and other National Center footage]
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