The IndigiExchange marketplace directly empowers participants from our Indigenous Financial & Business Basics (FBB) and Business & Marketing Essentials (BME) programs. We equip entrepreneurs with practical skills in selling, pricing, negotiating, and navigating the digital marketplace. Our unique approach includes negotiating contracts to provide upfront payments to participants and collaborating with NMCC mentors to establish fair pricing and healthy profit margins for their products in preparations for markets across Indian Country!

Every purchase made through IndigiExchange directly fuels the growth of our Indigenous entrepreneurial ecosystem. All sales revenue is reinvested to procure more products from our participants and to support the creation of vibrant First Friday downtown markets in Albuquerque, NM. Looking ahead, we aspire to allocate a percentage of sales towards a dedicated fund, providing micro-grants to further support Native makers and their businesses.

By choosing to shop on IndigiExchange, you actively support a model that fosters collective buying, selling, bartering, and trading. This approach multiplies value within our communities and contributes to the revitalization of Indigenous economies. Our non-prescriptive, culturally-based methodology utilizes participatory processes to enhance financial literacy and capability while fostering vital connections and collaborations among Indigenous entrepreneurs. This builds upon the foundation laid by our FBB program, which has impacted over 400+ Pueblo households in New Mexico since 2018 and expanded to Michigan and many other citys with higher population of Native business owners.