Nearly $1 million federal funding boosts Indigenous entrepreneurs on Six Nations, Mississaugas of the Credit

 By J.P. Antonacci Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A not-for-profit organization that gives seed money to budding  Indigenous entrepreneurs got a $924,000 boost from the federal  government on Tuesday. Ohsweken-based Two Rivers Community  Development Centre will use the money from the Federal Economic  Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to offer skills  training workshops and a youth entrepreneurship program, and host  events promoting Indigenous businesses in Six Nations of the Grand River  and Mississaugas of the Credit. The various projects will “build a  generation of Indigenous business leaders” while creating up to 60  jobs, said Two Rivers CEO David Vince. The money is part of $5.4  million from FedDev Ontario earmarked for five Indigenous-led projects, including a new greenhouse producing fish and vegetables in Curve Lake First Nation and a…

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