"mAKING A DIFFERENCE IN INDIAN COUNTRY. ONE NATIVE YOUTH AT A TIME"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSA youth loan recipient, Micah Whitefoot is 16 years old and is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians located in southeastern Montana. Her youth project is a concession stand where she is open for business during the summer months.

FSA youth loan recipient, Micah Whitefoot is 16 years old and is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians located in southeastern Montana. Her youth project is a concession stand where she is open for business during the summer months. If there is no pow-wow, softball game, or rodeo, Micah is set up in downtown Lame Deer, across from the Cheyenne Depot. Her business hours are 10:00 am until midnight and her menu consists of hamburgers, hotdogs, nachos, chips, snow-cones and drinks.

Micah’s decision to own and operate a concession stand stems from her desire to earn money to help pay her school tuition costs. She decided to pursue an FSA youth loan with the help and encouragement of her mother, Cleone. She devised a business plan and presented it to her local FSA Outreach Liaison in the summer of 2002. With the assistance of the FSA Outreach Program, Micah completed her FSA youth loan application and submitted it to the Rosebud County FSA Loan Manager where she was approved for funding. Micah and her mother researched for supplies and materials to start a concession stand and with the approved loan, purchased the necessary equipment. Micah definitely possesses those qualities of a true entrepreneur. As a Girl Scout member, she still holds the record for the highest number of Girl Scout Cookies sold.