Listen "The Caisse populaire Kahnawake and the importance of Indigenous financial institutions"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, our Director of Indigenous Relations, Trista Pewapisconias, spoke to Michael Rice – a founder and past manager of the Caisse Populaire Kahnawake, a hugely successful Indigenous credit union which has been around since 1987. He tells the story of how the credit union was started, the impact it’s had on its community, and benefits of Indigenous people having control over their own financial institutions.
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