Resources

Glossary of financial words

As you learn about saving and investing and make plans your future you may hear many new words and confusing terms. This glossary will help you understand these words

Checking your credit history

Contact these organizations for additional information about obtaining your credit report:

Equifax
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-685-1111
www.equifax.com

Experian
Phone (toll-free): 1-888-397-3742
www.experian.com

Trans Union
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-888-4213
www.transunion.com

Web sites

General:
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Code Talk

Indianz.com

National Congress for American Indians

Native Americas Journal

Small Business Administration – Office of Native American Affairs

Budgeting/Credit:
American Bankers Association
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-226-5377
www.aba.com

Bankrate.com (information on financial products)
www.bankrate.com

Consumer Federation of America
Phone: 202-387-6121
www.consumerfed.org

National Foundation for Credit Counseling
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-388-2227
www.nfcc.org (In the middle, click Member Agency Locator, under Contact Us)

Educational Assistance:
American Indian College Fund
www.collegefund.org

American Indian Science and Engineering Society
www.aises.org

CollegeNET Inc.
www.collegenet.com

College Board
www.collegeboard.com

College Opportunities Online (COOL)
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool

College is Possible
www.collegeispossible.org

The College Savings Plans Network
Phone (toll-free): 1-877-277-6496
www.collegesavings.org

EdFund: EdWise (Online college financial planning guide)
www.edwise.org

FastWEB (financial aid search through the Web)
www.fastweb.com

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
www.fafsa.ed.gov

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
www.finaid.org

Native Indian Education Association
www.niea.org

Pell Grants
http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/2000-1/pell.html

Sallie Mae (Student Loan Marketing Association)
www.salliemae.com (In the middle, click Plan for College.)

Scholarship Resource Network Express
www.srnexpress.com

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/2002-3/fseog.html

Homeownership:
Don’t Borrow Trouble (Freddie Mac’s anti-predatory lending Web site)
www.dontborrowtrouble.com

Fannie Mae Foundation
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-732-6643
www.fanniemaefoundation.org

HUD Office of Native American Programs
www.codetalk.fed.us/HUD_ONAP.html

Mortgage101.com
www.mortgage101.com

National American Indian Housing Council
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-284-9165
www.naihc.net

Technical Assistance Collaborative (Provides help and information to people with disabilities who are seeking housing.)
www.tacinc.org (On the left, click Housing)

Saving and Investing:
Alliance for Investor Education
www.investoreducation.org

America Saves
www.americasaves.org

American Bankers Association
Phone (toll-free): 1-800-226-5377
www.aba.com (On the left, click Consumer Connection)

Corporation for Enterprise Development
Phone: 1-202-408-9788
www.cfed.org

Federal Citizen Information Center
www.pueblo.gsa.gov (Click “Money” on the left side)

Taxes
Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.gov