J.D. Colbert named President/CEO of Native American Bank
June 20, 2006

(Denver, CO) Veteran Chickasaw-Creek banker J.D. Colbert has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Native American Bank, N.A. according to Tex G. Hall, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank?s holding company.

“We are very pleased to have Mr. Colbert join us as President and CEO,” stated Hall. “J.D. Colbert brings a strong record of success in the executive positions that he has held in banking and Indian Country. We believe that he is a great fit for our organization and we look forward to exciting accomplishments under his leadership”.

Colbert comes to Native American Bank from Bank2 in Oklahoma City, OK, a bank owned by Chickasaw Nation that Colbert founded and where he served as Executive Vice President. Colbert also founded the North American Native Bankers Association, an association of Indian-owned banks in the U.S. and Canada. He is also a former bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, a former bank chief financial officer, a former tribal administrator and a former bank president.

“I am very excited and honored to join Native American Bank as President and CEO. Native American Bank has immense potential to become the largest and most successful provider of financial services across Indian Country” stated Colbert. “I greatly look forward to working with our board and staff in further positioning Native American Bank to be the catalyst for the economic improvement in Indian Country.”

Native American Bank is a $63 million dollar bank with its corporate headquarters in Denver, CO, a retail branch in Browning, Montana and loan production offices in Box Elder, Montana and Anchorage, Alaska. The bank is owned by twenty-four federally-recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Native corporations and tribal organizations.

NAB was established in 2001 by a group of twenty-one tribal nations and Alaska Native Corporations. It is the only multi-tribal owned bank in the country and the only bank that is solely focused on community development activities in Indian communities.

Native American Bank's corporate offices are in Denver, Colorado, 999 18th Strees, Suite 2460, Denver, CO 80202; (303) 988-2727; fax: (303) 988-5533, and its principal banking office is located in Browning, Montana, 125 North Market Square, P.O. Box 730, Browning, MT 59417; (406) 338-7000; fax (406) 338-7008; toll free (800) 307-9199. A loan and deposit production office is located at Stone Child Community College on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana; phone (406) 395-4355.