Wellknown Buffalo Coffee House and Gifts

​The Center Pole is a Native non-profit organization founded in 1999. The campus is located at the foot of the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Originally a youth development organization, we have expanded our work to include projects for a stronger Crow community. The expansion includes an alternative energy demonstration project, work in the area of food sovereignty, a digital archives, an indigenous media and education center and a radio station to give the Crow people a voice. ​ We teach and model entrepreneurship through social enterprises on the campus: cafe, gift shop, resale shop and tipi stays. These enterprises interact with local entrepreneurs, offer area employment and serve to create sustainability for our programs.