Spoiler Alert: Narrative Change Needed to Support Indigenous-led Work By Hester Dillon NPQ, in partnership with the First Nations Development Institute (FNDI), has published a series of Native American leaders who highlight the practices of community building in Indian Country this fall. This essay, also produced in partnership with the First Nations Development...
First Nations Receives Grant to Support Indigenous-Led Environmental Justice Efforts LONGMONT, Colorado (March 17, 2020) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) has received a $220,000 grant from the Broad Reach Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. The funds will be used to support Native American-led efforts to combat abusive extractive industries...
LONGMONT, Colo. (February 22, 2021) – Multiple Native American communities and organizations will receive support from First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) to preserve and protect Native American control of their natural resources, especially those impacted by fossil fuel extraction projects. The grant funding is made possible through a $288,000 grant...
Alaska Native communities have been faced with, at best, exclusion from fishery decision- making processes, and at worse, the direct criminalization of their traditional subsistence practices. But Indigenous communities and Native-led organizations in the Bering Sea are taking action to advocate for their rights. Here, we explore how Alaska Native communities are...