Workforce Development
Our Mission & Vision
Mission: Empowering the Meskwaki Nation by providing training and educational opportunities and career pathways to promote a thriving and healthy economy.
Vision: To create and sustain a thriving workforce development system that serves the Meskwaki Community.
What We Do
We are here to help develop, sustain, and retain a viable workforce for the Meskwaki Nation. We strive to create a workforce development system that will create economic prosperity for individuals, businesses, and the community.
What We Do
We are here to help develop, sustain, and retain a viable workforce for the Meskwaki Nation. We strive to create a workforce development system that will create economic prosperity for individuals, businesses, and the community.
Promoting Tribal Economies and Community
Promoting Tribal Economies and Community (PTEC) is a workforce development program that provides education and training to Meskwaki Community Members. The program includes a training course and on-the-job training within the department’s incubators Red Earth Gardens and Meskwaki Food Sovereignty. Participants will learn about workplace skills, food, farming, seeding, and Meskwaki Indigenous knowledge and life-ways during the growing season, from plant to harvest. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
Department Incubators
Red Earth Gardens
The Red Earth Gardens is an organic farm committed to growing food in a way that was taught to us by our ancestors. Nourishing Mother Earth while supporting the community through environmentally-sustainable practices, we grow vegetables, herbs, and more! CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
Meskwaki Food Sovereignty
Our mission is to secure food sovereignty by seeding, growing, and harvesting Meskwaki Indigenous knowledge and life-ways. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
Financial Literacy
We offer financial literacy to educate individuals to make informed financial decisions. The training utilizes the curriculum from Building Native Communities – Financial Skills for Families that covers the following topics:
- Building a healthy economy
- Developing a spending plan
- Working with checking and savings accounts
- Understanding credit and your credit report
- Using credit
- Be a smart consumer
Upcoming Events
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Department Contact Information
Department Hours
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Phone Number
Physical & Mailing Address
3134 H Ave Tama, IA 52339
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Contact the Meskwaki Nation
Get in touch with our main office if you have general questions or need assistance finding the correct department to contact.