Native American Chamber of Commerce

The Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois (NACC-IL) is an organization within Illinois that aims to provide business education, mentoring, and networking opportunities for Native American businesses. It seeks to highlight how vital it is to have businesses created and owned by Native people for community cultural and economic growth. It is one of fourteen Chambers of Commerce around the country that support business education and support for Native Americans.

Sources:

"Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois," Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative.
"About," Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois.

Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC)

The [Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC)](https://chicagoaicc.com/) was established in 2012 and consists of fifteen Native American organizations and programs that are focused on “improving conditions for Native Americans in the Chicago area.” CAICC was founded to create cohesion across the many organizations that serve the Native community and provide a unified voice in a city where Native perspectives are often ignored and invisible. From its beginning, CAICC has established goals to meet the current and future needs of Native Americans who continue to call Chicago home and to sustain connections to Chicago’s Native past. <br> <br> Today, CAICC maintains four subcommittees that attend to pressing issues for the Chicago Native community. Among the organization's greatest accomplishments include: hosting an annual Education Conference that brings together leaders in Native education from across the nation; holding two Native American Summits in 2022 and 2024 at the state capitol to call attention to community priorities; and assisting in [the passage of two state bills](https://chicagoaicc.com/native-american-history-hb1633-school-dress-policy-sb1446/): HB1633, which mandates the teaching of Native history in K-12 classrooms, and SB1446, which ensures that Native students are allowed to wear culturally significant regalia at graduation ceremonies.