After over a decade of litigation, the USDA will disburse $266 million in funds from the Keepseagle v. Vilsack settlement through a Native American-run trust that will be empowered to support economic development in Indian Country.
How social media amplifies the gaps in justice for indigenous women, and what nonprofits can learn from it.
Advocates seek to see California’s school curriculum revised to more accurately tell the story of the hundreds of thousands who lived there before European colonization.
For generations, American Indian communities have struggled to maintain their cultural heritage. Here, a nonprofit seeks to use charter schools to preserve language and culture.
Nonprofits continue to learn more about how intersectional identities and issues impact the communities they serve. Poverty, housing insecurity, employment discrimination, and social isolation are influence the care and health of the American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities.
Narratives play an increasingly important role in our work. A new report from the First Nations Development Institute presents the need to change the stories told about American Indians and ways to do so.
A memorial for American Indian veterans, slated to open on the National Mall in 2020, achieved a milestone this week with the final selection of a memorial design concept.
First Nations Development Institute’s report highlights some challenges facing organizations that serve Native Americans, since foundation giving to these groups declined by almost a third over an eight-year period.
A Native tribe in Kansas is once again in possession of land that was taken from them over a century ago.
Mobilized by the protests at Standing Rock, a new wave of activists in Indian Country has emerged, seeking to address core needs of the community. More than 100 American Indians are on the ballot nationally.
